Bridget is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1973 and has since faded.
Bridget is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #724 for girl births in the United States (and #1,412 across all names), given to 385 babies. Bridget was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1973 (2,763 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 385 | 385 | #724 | — |
| 2024 | 398 | 398 | #706 | — |
| 2023 | 376 | 376 | #750 | — |
| 2022 | 356 | 356 | #793 | — |
| 2021 | 396 | 396 | #722 | — |
| 2020 | 363 | 363 | #750 | — |
| 2019 | 385 | 385 | #733 | — |
| 2018 | 398 | 398 | #717 | — |
| 2017 | 434 | 434 | #676 | — |
| 2016 | 509 | 509 | #594 | — |
| 2015 | 583 | 583 | #534 | — |
| 2014 | 579 | 579 | #538 | — |
| 2013 | 565 | 565 | #529 | — |
| 2012 | 684 | 684 | #453 | — |
| 2011 | 630 | 630 | #470 | — |
| 2010 | 687 | 687 | #447 | — |
| 2009 | 753 | 753 | #424 | — |
| 2008 | 820 | 820 | #394 | — |
| 2007 | 909 | 909 | #357 | — |
| 2006 | 945 | 945 | #350 | — |
| 2005 | 971 | 971 | #329 | — |
| 2004 | 1,035 | 1,035 | #309 | — |
| 2003 | 1,029 | 1,029 | #301 | — |
| 2002 | 1,076 | 1,076 | #288 | — |
| 2001 | 1,156 | 1,156 | #274 | — |
| 2000 | 1,167 | 1,167 | #274 | — |
| 1999 | 1,292 | 1,292 | #246 | — |
| 1998 | 1,287 | 1,287 | #237 | — |
| 1997 | 1,281 | — | #235 | — |
| 1996 | 1,530 | — | #192 | — |
| 1995 | 1,477 | — | #201 | #6,472 |
| 1994 | 1,707 | — | #174 | #5,921 |
| 1993 | 1,629 | — | #179 | — |
| 1992 | 1,414 | — | #201 | — |
| 1991 | 1,447 | — | #207 | — |
| 1990 | 1,548 | — | #191 | — |
| 1989 | 1,643 | — | #174 | #5,696 |
| 1988 | 1,573 | — | #178 | #5,828 |
| 1987 | 1,547 | — | #180 | #5,540 |
| 1986 | 1,582 | — | #172 | #6,853 |
| 1985 | 1,626 | — | #173 | #3,429 |
| 1984 | 1,691 | — | #163 | #5,656 |
| 1983 | 1,756 | — | #162 | #4,559 |
| 1982 | 2,011 | — | #147 | #6,485 |
| 1981 | 1,899 | — | #150 | — |
| 1980 | 1,832 | — | #153 | — |
| 1979 | 1,741 | — | #161 | #6,162 |
| 1978 | 1,692 | — | #163 | #4,610 |
| 1977 | 1,648 | — | #165 | #5,948 |
| 1976 | 1,713 | — | #154 | #4,494 |
| 1975 | 1,871 | — | #143 | #3,689 |
| 1974 | 2,088 | — | #134 | #4,698 |
| 1973 | 2,770 | — | #112 | #4,109 |
| 1972 | 1,875 | — | #156 | #3,660 |
| 1971 | 1,717 | — | #181 | #4,448 |
| 1970 | 1,821 | — | #179 | #4,297 |
| 1969 | 1,597 | — | #197 | — |
| 1968 | 1,462 | — | #208 | #3,134 |
| 1967 | 1,555 | — | #203 | — |
| 1966 | 1,629 | — | #198 | — |
| 1965 | 1,543 | — | #213 | — |
| 1964 | 1,480 | — | #225 | — |
| 1963 | 1,448 | — | #228 | — |
| 1962 | 1,407 | — | #227 | — |
| 1961 | 1,211 | — | #254 | — |
| 1960 | 1,151 | — | #265 | — |
| 1959 | 1,052 | — | #272 | — |
| 1958 | 798 | — | #331 | — |
| 1957 | 627 | — | #362 | — |
| 1956 | 577 | — | #364 | — |
| 1955 | 583 | — | #362 | — |
| 1954 | 459 | — | #404 | — |
| 1953 | 526 | — | #371 | — |
| 1952 | 442 | — | #391 | — |
| 1951 | 274 | — | #495 | — |
| 1950 | 226 | — | #551 | — |
| 1949 | 220 | — | #561 | — |
| 1948 | 172 | — | #629 | — |
| 1947 | 161 | — | #658 | — |
| 1946 | 103 | — | #815 | — |
| 1945 | 93 | — | #773 | — |
| 1944 | 73 | — | #894 | — |
| 1943 | 69 | — | #944 | — |
| 1942 | 68 | — | #951 | — |
| 1941 | 87 | — | #773 | — |
| 1940 | 67 | — | #869 | — |
| 1939 | 54 | — | #962 | — |
| 1938 | 77 | — | #803 | — |
| 1937 | 50 | — | #994 | — |
| 1936 | 72 | — | #795 | — |
| 1935 | 65 | — | #856 | — |
| 1934 | 71 | — | #795 | — |
| 1933 | 60 | — | #866 | — |
| 1932 | 63 | — | #879 | — |
| 1931 | 78 | — | #758 | — |
| 1930 | 58 | — | #958 | — |
| 1929 | 81 | — | #777 | — |
| 1928 | 66 | — | #904 | — |
| 1927 | 67 | — | #913 | — |
| 1926 | 65 | — | #926 | — |
| 1925 | 66 | — | #914 | — |
| 1924 | 81 | — | #831 | — |
| 1923 | 60 | — | #955 | — |
| 1922 | 81 | — | #808 | — |
| 1921 | 78 | — | #840 | — |
| 1920 | 70 | — | #865 | — |
| 1919 | 84 | — | #765 | — |
| 1918 | 97 | — | #727 | — |
| 1917 | 72 | — | #813 | — |
| 1916 | 95 | — | #707 | — |
| 1915 | 95 | — | #676 | — |
| 1914 | 59 | — | #749 | — |
| 1913 | 48 | — | #759 | — |
| 1912 | 51 | — | #705 | — |
| 1911 | 31 | — | #778 | — |
| 1910 | 36 | — | #706 | — |
| 1909 | 46 | — | #567 | — |
| 1908 | 25 | — | #771 | — |
| 1907 | 33 | — | #653 | — |
| 1906 | 34 | — | #612 | — |
| 1905 | 32 | — | #622 | — |
| 1904 | 29 | — | #643 | — |
| 1903 | 22 | — | #713 | — |
| 1902 | 31 | — | #593 | — |
| 1901 | 34 | — | #521 | — |
| 1900 | 40 | — | #531 | — |
| 1899 | 22 | — | #666 | — |
| 1898 | 32 | — | #572 | — |
| 1897 | 47 | — | #426 | — |
| 1896 | 36 | — | #489 | — |
| 1895 | 31 | — | #531 | — |
| 1894 | 35 | — | #477 | — |
| 1893 | 41 | — | #424 | — |
| 1892 | 34 | — | #465 | — |
| 1891 | 34 | — | #431 | — |
| 1890 | 42 | — | #387 | — |
| 1889 | 30 | — | #442 | — |
| 1888 | 39 | — | #387 | — |
| 1887 | 34 | — | #367 | — |
| 1886 | 43 | — | #318 | — |
| 1885 | 38 | — | #329 | — |
| 1884 | 37 | — | #324 | — |
| 1883 | 28 | — | #337 | — |
| 1882 | 31 | — | #317 | — |
| 1881 | 34 | — | #275 | — |
| 1880 | 35 | — | #261 | — |