first name
BRIDGETTE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 21,502 people named Bridgette, 56.6% reported their origin as White, 28.1% as Black and 9.6% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Bridgette peaked in 1970, when 630 babies got the name.
At least 23,920 babies have been given the name since 1943. 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.
Bridgette by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #774. The largest share of babies named Bridgette, 33.9%, 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 Bridgette is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Bridgette has been most common in Louisiana (2.4×), Florida (1.6×), and South Carolina (1.5×), and least common in Connecticut (0.22×).
20,391 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 Bridgette
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bridgette, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Bridgette ranks #109,465 of 156,621, with 172 people. See Bridgette as a last name
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