Girls' name · peaked in 1973

Bridgette name popularity since 1925

23,920 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Bridgette. Half of them were born in 1983 or earlier, so the typical Bridgette is about 43 years old in 2026. Bridgette peaked in 1973 as the #356 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 23,920; Named Bridgette, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1973; #356 for girls that year
Typical age: About 43; Median birth year 1983
In 2025: Not top 1,000; #2,125 for girls in 2025
Girls / boys: 99.9% girls; 23,904 girls · 16 boys
Most popular in: Louisiana; 2.46× its national share

Peak year is the year Bridgette 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.

Bridgette births per year, 1925–2025

The biggest year by count was 1970. Measured as a share of all babies, Bridgette peaked in 1973.

Fastest rise: Between 1958 and 1963, Bridgette became 2.4× more common, from 1 in 10,300 baby girls to 1 in 4,210.
Steepest fall: Between 1996 and 2001, its share of baby girls fell by 43%, from 1 in 4,400 to 1 in 7,690.

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

Decade by decade

Babies named Bridgette 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	0	0	–
1930s	0	0	Under 5
1940s	52	0	Under 5
1950s	782	0	#1,482
1960s	4,962	5	#420
1970s	4,817	5	#436
1980s	4,902	6	#440
1990s	4,288	0	#552
2000s	2,162	0	#1,121
2010s	1,461	0	#1,532
2020–25	478	0	#2,125

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.

Generation fingerprint

33.9% of babies named Bridgette from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:

Where Bridgette is most popular

The index compares Bridgette'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 Bridgette.

State	Index	Babies
Louisiana	2.46×	909
South Carolina	1.59×	460
Mississippi	1.55×	388
Alabama	1.54×	563
Georgia	1.51×	863

Names with a similar story

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

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Bridgette (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