Bridgette
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BRIJ-it
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #2,117 for girls
Bridgette is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “exalted one”. In 2025 it ranked 2,117th for girls in the US (88 babies).
What does Bridgette mean?
Irish: spelling of Bridget, from Irish Brighid
“exalted one”
A spelling of Bridget, after Saint Brigid of Kildare, one of the patron saints of Ireland.
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Is Bridgette a girl's or a boy's name?
Bridgette is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 88 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bridgette in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 6 girls.
Bridgette in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 2 | #7,531 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Bridgette in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,117th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 88 about 1 in 18,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 88 girls in the US were named Bridgette, making it the 2,117th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,302nd. Its busiest year was 1970, with 630 girls. It first appears in the records in 1943.
2025 had more girls named Bridgette than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Bridgette in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 485 girls in the US were given Bridgette or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #607, up from #2,117 for this spelling alone.
Bridgette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 88 | #2,117 |
| 2024 | 84 | #2,231 |
| 2023 | 78 | #2,336 |
| 2022 | 85 | #2,208 |
| 2021 | 66 | #2,608 |
| 2020 | 77 | #2,302 |
| 2019 | 99 | #1,961 |
| 2018 | 97 | #2,014 |
| 2017 | 123 | #1,721 |
| 2016 | 130 | #1,656 |
| 2015 | 146 | #1,532 |
| 2014 | 151 | #1,479 |
| 2013 | 172 | #1,351 |
| 2012 | 190 | #1,264 |
| 2011 | 179 | #1,311 |
| 2010 | 174 | #1,348 |
| 2009 | 204 | #1,218 |
| 2008 | 182 | #1,345 |
| 2007 | 187 | #1,303 |
| 2006 | 217 | #1,136 |
| 2005 | 210 | #1,121 |
| 2004 | 207 | #1,101 |
| 2003 | 252 | #933 |
| 2002 | 217 | #1,007 |
| 2001 | 234 | #945 |
| 2000 | 252 | #873 |
| 1999 | 283 | #777 |
| 1998 | 346 | #665 |
| 1997 | 314 | #689 |
| 1996 | 398 | #577 |
| 1995 | 426 | #552 |
| 1994 | 476 | #523 |
| 1993 | 536 | #474 |
| 1992 | 416 | #563 |
| 1991 | 524 | #467 |
| 1990 | 569 | #439 |
| 1989 | 563 | #436 |
| 1988 | 588 | #406 |
| 1987 | 487 | #455 |
| 1986 | 499 | #431 |
| 1985 | 496 | #440 |
| 1984 | 484 | #432 |
| 1983 | 460 | #447 |
| 1982 | 443 | #473 |
| 1981 | 446 | #475 |
| 1980 | 436 | #482 |
| 1979 | 405 | #498 |
| 1978 | 397 | #489 |
| 1977 | 431 | #458 |
| 1976 | 425 | #454 |
| 1975 | 454 | #436 |
| 1974 | 445 | #438 |
| 1973 | 595 | #356 |
| 1972 | 541 | #388 |
| 1971 | 494 | #423 |
| 1970 | 630 | #379 |
| 1969 | 591 | #387 |
| 1968 | 563 | #386 |
| 1967 | 575 | #383 |
| 1966 | 612 | #367 |
| 1965 | 494 | #420 |
| 1964 | 472 | #450 |
| 1963 | 458 | #451 |
| 1962 | 447 | #457 |
| 1961 | 376 | #504 |
| 1960 | 374 | #500 |
| 1959 | 294 | #571 |
| 1958 | 196 | #703 |
| 1957 | 68 | #1,273 |
| 1956 | 50 | #1,505 |
| 1955 | 47 | #1,479 |
| 1954 | 31 | #1,874 |
| 1953 | 37 | #1,621 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,933 |
| 1951 | 17 | #2,473 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,651 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,849 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
Nicknames for Bridgette
- Bridie 24 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Bridgette
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caoimhe, Keira, Bree, Cassidy, Aoibheann, Eden, Teagan, Brianna, Eire, Raegan, Erin, Brooke
Other spellings of Bridgette
Names related to Bridgette
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey, Kennedy
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, “Bridgette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bridgette, updated 20 October 2026.