Brigitte Girl
How popular is Brigitte?
#2,859 girl name in 2025
59 baby girls were named Brigitte in the US in 2025, making it the 2859th most popular girl name.
Brigitte popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,859 for girls (▼ 497 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 59 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-55% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,643 in 2015, #2,966 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1960 (314 girls) |
| Highest rank | #550 in 1960 |
| First recorded | 1946 |
| 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 |
Brigitte counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Brigitte family of names ranked #1,750 for girls in 2025 (#1,587 the year before), with 83 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Brigitte | 59 | 71% |
| Briggitte | 24 | 29% |
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 Brigitte is most popular
Babies named Brigitte per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (52 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (33 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Brigitte by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 26 | #2,973 |
| 1950s | 593 | #590 |
| 1960s | 2,531 | #550 |
| 1970s | 1,317 | #765 |
| 1980s | 1,381 | #955 |
| 1990s | 1,303 | #1,092 |
| 2000s | 794 | #1,778 |
| 2010s | 860 | #1,552 |
| 2020s | 360 | #2,362 |
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Questions
- Is Brigitte a boy or girl name?
- Brigitte is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Brigitte were girls.
- How popular is the name Brigitte?
- 59 baby girls were named Brigitte in the US in 2025, making it the 2859th most popular girl name.
- When was Brigitte most popular?
- Brigitte peaked in 1960, when 314 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #550 in 1960.
- How many people are named Brigitte?
- 9,165 babies have been named Brigitte in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,661 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 44.
- Where is Brigitte most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Brigitte was most common in Texas, 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.