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Bridget
Pronounced /ˈbɹɪd͡ʒɪt/
Rank in 2024
#705
Born in 2024
398
Peak year
1973 · #112
Origin
Irish
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 398 girls were named Bridget, about 1 in every 4,053.
- It peaked in 1973 with 2,763 babies, ranked #112.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 91,985 girls have been named Bridget since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Bridget per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.4Boomers1946–64
- 1.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.9Millennials1981–96
- 0.5Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,522 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Silent: 1,252 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Boomers: 12,917 babies, 0.36 per 1,000. Gen X: 28,481 babies, 1.11 per 1,000. Millennials: 26,006 babies, 0.92 per 1,000. Gen Z: 15,722 babies, 0.54 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 5,342 babies, 0.26 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
English form of the Irish saints' name Brighid, Brigid. Doublet of Bride.
- A female given name from Irish.
- Origin
- Irish
- Say it
- /ˈbɹɪd͡ʒɪt/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Bridget, CC BY-SA 4.0.