Bridget
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BRIJ-it
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #724 for girls
Bridget is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “exalted one”. In 2025 it ranked 776th for girls in the UK (51 babies) and 724th for girls in the US (385 babies).
What does Bridget mean?
Irish: anglicised form of Brighid
“exalted one”
St Brigid of Kildare is one of Ireland's three patron saints, alongside Patrick and Columba.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Bridget a girl's or a boy's name?
Bridget is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 51 girls in the UK and 385 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bridget in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 51about 1 in 5,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 51 girls in the UK were named Bridget, making it the 776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,033rd. Its busiest year was 1998, with 72 girls.
Half of all the girls named Bridget in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 845th in England and Wales, 539th in Scotland and 334th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1914 (#92), 1924 (#86), 1934 (#79) and 1944 (#87).
Bridget in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #776 |
| 2024 | 41 | #928 |
| 2023 | 55 | #710 |
| 2022 | 52 | #757 |
| 2021 | 59 | #698 |
| 2020 | 35 | #1,033 |
| 2019 | 46 | #862 |
| 2018 | 54 | #786 |
| 2017 | 48 | #865 |
| 2016 | 55 | #778 |
| 2015 | 54 | #784 |
| 2014 | 61 | #705 |
| 2013 | 51 | #807 |
| 2012 | 52 | #808 |
| 2011 | 34 | #1,092 |
| 2010 | 51 | #772 |
| 2009 | 53 | #752 |
| 2008 | 47 | #798 |
| 2007 | 54 | #699 |
| 2006 | 53 | #667 |
| 2005 | 57 | #624 |
| 2004 | 49 | #662 |
| 2003 | 71 | #503 |
| 2002 | 62 | #531 |
| 2001 | 56 | #564 |
| 2000 | 71 | #468 |
| 1999 | 55 | #565 |
| 1998 | 72 | #467 |
| 1997 | 55 | #543 |
| 1996 | 57 | #519 |
How popular is Bridget in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #724among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 385about 1 in 4,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 385 girls in the US were named Bridget, making it the 724th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 749th. Its busiest year was 1973, with 2,763 girls.
Half of all the girls named Bridget in the US since 1880 were born between 1969 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 485 girls in the US were given Bridget or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #607, up from #724 for this spelling alone.
Bridget in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 385 | #724 |
| 2024 | 398 | #706 |
| 2023 | 376 | #749 |
| 2022 | 356 | #793 |
| 2021 | 396 | #721 |
| 2020 | 363 | #749 |
| 2019 | 385 | #733 |
| 2018 | 398 | #717 |
| 2017 | 434 | #676 |
| 2016 | 509 | #594 |
| 2015 | 583 | #534 |
| 2014 | 579 | #538 |
| 2013 | 565 | #529 |
| 2012 | 684 | #453 |
| 2011 | 630 | #470 |
| 2010 | 687 | #447 |
| 2009 | 753 | #424 |
| 2008 | 820 | #394 |
| 2007 | 909 | #357 |
| 2006 | 945 | #350 |
| 2005 | 971 | #329 |
| 2004 | 1,035 | #309 |
| 2003 | 1,029 | #301 |
| 2002 | 1,076 | #288 |
| 2001 | 1,156 | #274 |
| 2000 | 1,167 | #274 |
| 1999 | 1,292 | #246 |
| 1998 | 1,287 | #237 |
| 1997 | 1,281 | #235 |
| 1996 | 1,530 | #192 |
| 1995 | 1,469 | #201 |
| 1994 | 1,698 | #174 |
| 1993 | 1,629 | #179 |
| 1992 | 1,414 | #201 |
| 1991 | 1,447 | #207 |
| 1990 | 1,548 | #191 |
| 1989 | 1,635 | #174 |
| 1988 | 1,566 | #178 |
| 1987 | 1,540 | #180 |
| 1986 | 1,577 | #172 |
| 1985 | 1,613 | #173 |
| 1984 | 1,685 | #162 |
| 1983 | 1,748 | #162 |
| 1982 | 2,006 | #147 |
| 1981 | 1,899 | #150 |
| 1980 | 1,832 | #153 |
| 1979 | 1,736 | #161 |
| 1978 | 1,685 | #163 |
| 1977 | 1,643 | #165 |
| 1976 | 1,706 | #154 |
| 1975 | 1,862 | #143 |
| 1974 | 2,082 | #134 |
| 1973 | 2,763 | #112 |
| 1972 | 1,867 | #156 |
| 1971 | 1,711 | #181 |
| 1970 | 1,815 | #179 |
| 1969 | 1,597 | #197 |
| 1968 | 1,454 | #208 |
| 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 | #403 |
| 1953 | 526 | #370 |
| 1952 | 442 | #390 |
| 1951 | 274 | #494 |
| 1950 | 226 | #550 |
| 1949 | 220 | #560 |
| 1948 | 172 | #628 |
| 1947 | 161 | #658 |
| 1946 | 103 | #814 |
| 1945 | 93 | #773 |
| 1944 | 73 | #893 |
| 1943 | 69 | #944 |
| 1942 | 68 | #950 |
| 1941 | 87 | #773 |
| 1940 | 67 | #868 |
| 1939 | 54 | #960 |
| 1938 | 77 | #803 |
| 1937 | 50 | #992 |
| 1936 | 72 | #795 |
| 1935 | 65 | #855 |
| 1934 | 71 | #794 |
| 1933 | 60 | #865 |
| 1932 | 63 | #875 |
| 1931 | 78 | #758 |
| 1930 | 58 | #956 |
| 1929 | 81 | #777 |
| 1928 | 66 | #902 |
| 1927 | 67 | #911 |
| 1926 | 65 | #926 |
| 1925 | 66 | #913 |
| 1924 | 81 | #829 |
| 1923 | 60 | #953 |
| 1922 | 81 | #808 |
| 1921 | 78 | #837 |
| 1920 | 70 | #865 |
| 1919 | 84 | #765 |
| 1918 | 97 | #727 |
| 1917 | 72 | #812 |
| 1916 | 95 | #706 |
| 1915 | 95 | #675 |
| 1914 | 59 | #747 |
| 1913 | 48 | #758 |
| 1912 | 51 | #704 |
| 1911 | 31 | #777 |
| 1910 | 36 | #705 |
| 1909 | 46 | #566 |
| 1908 | 25 | #768 |
| 1907 | 33 | #649 |
| 1906 | 34 | #611 |
| 1905 | 32 | #620 |
| 1904 | 29 | #640 |
| 1903 | 22 | #712 |
| 1902 | 31 | #591 |
| 1901 | 34 | #520 |
| 1900 | 40 | #531 |
| 1899 | 22 | #664 |
| 1898 | 32 | #571 |
| 1897 | 47 | #425 |
| 1896 | 36 | #487 |
| 1895 | 31 | #530 |
| 1894 | 35 | #475 |
| 1893 | 41 | #422 |
| 1892 | 34 | #465 |
| 1891 | 34 | #430 |
| 1890 | 42 | #384 |
| 1889 | 30 | #439 |
| 1888 | 39 | #387 |
| 1887 | 34 | #367 |
| 1886 | 43 | #318 |
| 1885 | 38 | #329 |
| 1884 | 37 | #322 |
| 1883 | 28 | #336 |
| 1882 | 31 | #317 |
| 1881 | 34 | #275 |
| 1880 | 35 | #261 |
Nicknames for Bridget
Names like Bridget
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Cassidy Caoimhe Bree Eireann Aoibheann Brianna Caragh Raegan Erin Teagan Eileen
Other spellings of Bridget
Names related to Bridget
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bridget: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bridget, updated 20 October 2026.