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Bridgit

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Bridgit is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
196641 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1955
1,275people given the name
Babies named Bridgit, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,275 girls have been named Bridgit in the United States since 1955, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1966, with 41 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 41 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1980, and the 1970s alone account for 23%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Bridgit
1950s32
1960s277
1970s297
1980s233
1990s201
2000s140
2010s95

In 1966, its biggest year

Bridgit was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1966 were Lisa, Kimberly, Mary, Michelle and Karen. See all of 1966.

Names that rose and fell with Bridgit

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.