Bridget: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced BRIJ-it · 2 syllables

English form of the Irish saints' name Brighid, Brigid. Doublet of Bride.

How popular is Bridget?

Bridget was the #724 name in the US in 2025, given to 385 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 42% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1970.

Babies named Bridget in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1970).

Half of US adults named Bridget are older than 46; most are between 22 and 67. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Bridget have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Bridget is pronounced BRIJ-it.

Bridget was the #724 name in the US in 2025, given to 385 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 42% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1970.

Half of US adults named Bridget are older than 46. Most are between 22 and 67.