Girls' name · peaked in 1973

Bridget name popularity since 1925

90,450 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Bridget. Half of them were born in 1982 or earlier, so the typical Bridget is about 44 years old in 2026. Bridget peaked in 1973 as the #112 name for girls, and it ranked #724 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 90,450; Named Bridget, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1973; #112 for girls that year
Typical age: About 44; Median birth year 1982
In 2025: #724; for girls in 2025 (385 babies)
Girls / boys: 99.8% girls; 90,300 girls · 150 boys
Most popular in: Louisiana; 1.68× its national share

Peak year is the year Bridget made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Bridget births per year, 1925–2025

1973 was the biggest year for Bridget both by count and as a share of all babies.

Fastest rise: Between 1948 and 1953, Bridget became 2.8× more common, from 1 in 9,870 baby girls to 1 in 3,580.
Steepest fall: Between 1973 and 1978, its share of baby girls fell by 42%, from 1 in 528 to 1 in 909.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Bridget's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Bridget.

Decade by decade

Babies named Bridget in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	345	0	–
1930s	648	0	#856
1940s	1,113	0	#773
1950s	5,564	0	#362
1960s	14,475	8	#213
1970s	18,870	66	#143
1980s	17,101	59	#173
1990s	14,595	17	#201
2000s	9,861	0	#329
2010s	5,454	0	#534
2020–25	2,274	0	#724

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

31.6% of babies named Bridget from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:

Where Bridget is most popular

The index compares Bridget's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Bridget.

State	Index	Babies
Louisiana	1.68×	2,656
Minnesota	1.63×	2,624
Massachusetts	1.52×	3,197
Illinois	1.46×	6,266
Connecticut	1.39×	1,333

Other spellings

Spellings that sound like Bridget and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.

Spelling	Girls	Peak year
Bridget (this page)	90,300	1973
Bridgett	13,116	1973
Bridgit	1,275	1981

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Bridget's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Bridget.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Bridget (1973).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data