Brigid Girl
How popular is Brigid?
#2,778 girl name in 2025
61 baby girls were named Brigid in the US in 2025, making it the 2778th most popular girl name.
Brigid popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,778 for girls (▼ 117 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 61 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-24% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,318 in 2015, #2,416 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2000 (132 girls) |
| Highest rank | #944 in 1965 |
| First recorded | 1917 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Brigid counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Brigid family of names ranked #2,001 for girls in 2025 (#1,955 the year before), with 67 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Brigid | 61 | 91% |
| Brighid | 6 | 9% |
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 Brigid is most popular
Babies named Brigid per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
Brigid by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1920s | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1930s | 42 | #2,590 |
| 1940s | 169 | #1,722 |
| 1950s | 526 | #1,103 |
| 1960s | 962 | #944 |
| 1970s | 641 | #1,454 |
| 1980s | 852 | #1,323 |
| 1990s | 1,033 | #1,444 |
| 2000s | 1,109 | #1,400 |
| 2010s | 792 | #2,189 |
| 2020s | 367 | #2,416 |
Girl names about as popular as Brigid
Questions
- Is Brigid a boy or girl name?
- Brigid is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Brigid were girls.
- How popular is the name Brigid?
- 61 baby girls were named Brigid in the US in 2025, making it the 2778th most popular girl name.
- When was Brigid most popular?
- Brigid peaked in 2000, when 132 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #944 in 1965.
- How many people are named Brigid?
- 6,504 babies have been named Brigid in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,120 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 34.
- Where is Brigid most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Brigid was most common in Virginia, at 0.1 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.