Girls' name · since 1944
Brigitta
Brigitta has 551 recorded births since 1944 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1962 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,149 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,078 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 551
- born since 1944
- 1960s
- peak decade
551 babies have been named Brigitta since 1944, making it today's #12078 girls' name.
Brigitta has 551 recorded births among girls since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12078 as of the latest data, more common than 30% of girls, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 2025.
- #11,149 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,078 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 551 born since 1944
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brigitta ranks #11,149 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,078 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 551 born since 1944, peaking in the 1960s.
- #11,149 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,078 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 551
- born since 1944
- 1960s
- peak decade
Brigitta's 551 recorded births place it above 84.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Brigitta compares
551 Top 43% higher than 57% 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
Brigitta's all-time total is 47% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Brigitta | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 551 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Brigitta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Brigitta's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1944, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1962 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Brigitta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–2025
- Peak year (1962)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 82 years of records
Brigitta by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (123 births, 22% of the file).
1960s was Brigitta's strongest decade.
123 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Brigitta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 32
1950s
32 births
- 1960s
1960s
123 births
- 1970s
1970s
84 births
- 1980s
1980s
70 births
- 1990s
1990s
99 births
- 2000s
2000s
65 births
- 2010s
2010s
55 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 123 births (22% of all-time use).
How Brigitta 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 Brigitta's total volume
Brigitta by state
Where Brigitta concentrates geographically, total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 2.0% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.9% |
11 of 551 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Brigitta's data
- Brigitta's decade-level peak was the 1960s (123 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Brigittas (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Brigitta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1962)
Similar record span (~81 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, 1944–2025 (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 Brigitta 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.