Bridget Girl
How popular is Bridget?
#724 girl name in 2025
385 baby girls were named Bridget in the US in 2025, making it the 724th most popular girl name.
Bridget popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #724 for girls (▼ 18 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 385 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-34% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #534 in 2015, #749 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1973 (2,763 girls) |
| Highest rank | #112 in 1973 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Bridget counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Bridget family of names ranked #580 for girls in 2025 (#581 the year before), with 485 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Bridget is most popular
Babies named Bridget per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Massachusetts: 0.9 per 1,000 (104 girls)
- Connecticut: 0.6 per 1,000 (33 girls)
- Kansas: 0.6 per 1,000 (32 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.5 per 1,000 (90 girls)
- Virginia: 0.5 per 1,000 (80 girls)
Bridget by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 349 | #261 |
| 1890s | 354 | #384 |
| 1900s | 326 | #520 |
| 1910s | 668 | #675 |
| 1920s | 715 | #777 |
| 1930s | 648 | #758 |
| 1940s | 1,113 | #560 |
| 1950s | 5,564 | #272 |
| 1960s | 14,475 | #197 |
| 1970s | 18,870 | #112 |
| 1980s | 17,101 | #147 |
| 1990s | 14,595 | #174 |
| 2000s | 9,861 | #274 |
| 2010s | 5,454 | #447 |
| 2020s | 2,274 | #706 |
Girl names about as popular as Bridget
Questions
- Is Bridget a boy or girl name?
- Bridget is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Bridget were girls.
- How popular is the name Bridget?
- 385 baby girls were named Bridget in the US in 2025, making it the 724th most popular girl name.
- When was Bridget most popular?
- Bridget peaked in 1973, when 2,763 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #112 in 1973.
- How many people are named Bridget?
- 92,517 babies have been named Bridget in the US since 1880. We estimate about 84,958 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 43.
- Where is Bridget most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Bridget was most common in Massachusetts, at 0.9 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.