first name
BRIDGET
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 81,356 people named Bridget, 80.2% reported their origin as White, 10% as Black and 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Bridget peaked in 1973, when 2,770 babies got the name.
At least 92,517 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Bridget by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #300. The largest share of babies named Bridget, 30.9%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Bridget is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Bridget has been most common in Louisiana (1.7×), Minnesota (1.6×), and Massachusetts (1.5×), and least common in Alaska (0.38×).
87,830 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Bridget
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bridget, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Bridget ranks #66,829 of 156,621, with 319 people. See Bridget as a last name
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