How rare is the name Brigitte?

13,751 people in the United States have the first name Brigitte, about 1 in 21,964. It ranks #1,998 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BRIGITTE

#1,998

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,751
About
1 in 21,964
This common or more
78.1%
Who bears it

Of the 13,751 people named Brigitte, 71.3% reported their origin as White, 14.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.5% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Brigitte peaked in 1960, when 314 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19462025
Peak year
1960
Births that year
314
In 2025*
59 ▼81%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 9,165 babies have been given the name since 1946. 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.

Brigitte by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,102. The largest share of babies named Brigitte, 29%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1940s#8,64526
1950s#2,185593
1960s#1,1022,531
1970s#1,6701,317
1980s#1,8061,381
1990s#2,2561,303
2000s#3,925794
2010s#3,938860
2020s#4,948360
Baby boom 1946–6421%
Generation X 1965–8029%
Millennials 1981–9625%
Generation Z 1997–1214%
2013 and later11.1%

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 Brigitte is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Brigitte has been most common in California (2.7×), Florida (2×), and New York (1.9×), and least common in North Carolina (0.27×).

5,881 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 Brigitte

#1,996 Brice · 13,758#1,997 Astrid · 13,752#1,999 Nataly · 13,727#2,000 Tuan · 13,719

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Brigitte, most common first.

#3,920 Brigette · 4,984#10,514 Brigit · 1,263#11,664 Brigitta · 1,091#23,544 Brigett · 415#30,890 Brigita · 280#33,752 Briggette · 244#36,633 Brigitt · 216#36,929 Brigetta · 213

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