Girls' name · since 1975
Brighid
530 babies named Brighid in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,418 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,561 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 530
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Brighid is the #13561 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 530 recorded since 1975.
Brighid has 530 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13561 as of the latest data, more common than 22% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #11,418 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,561 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 530 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brighid ranks #11,418 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,561 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 530 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,418 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,561 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 530
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Brighid's 530 recorded births place it above 84.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Brighid compares
530 Top 44% higher than 56% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Brighid's all-time total is 41% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Brighid | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 530 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Brighid's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Brighid splits its recorded history at 2000: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Brighid popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Brighid by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (156 births, 29% of the file).
1990s was Brighid's strongest decade.
156 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Brighid births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 18
1970s
18 births
- 1980s
1980s
98 births
- 1990s
1990s
156 births
- 2000s
2000s
151 births
- 2010s
2010s
90 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 156 births (29% of all-time use).
How Brighid compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Brighid's total volume
Brighid by state
Where Brighid concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 2.1% |
| #2 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.9% |
11 of 530 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Brighid's data
- Brighid's decade-level peak was the 1990s (156 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Brighids (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Brighid: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~50 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Brighid draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.