Bridgit
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BRIJ-it
- Origin
- Irish
Bridgit is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “exalted one”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Bridgit mean?
Irish: variant of Bridget, from Irish Brigid
“exalted one”
Variant of Bridget, the name of Saint Brigid of Kildare and of an Irish goddess of poetry, healing and smithcraft.
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Is Bridgit a girl's or a boy's name?
Bridgit is a girls' name.
How popular is Bridgit in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1966, with 41 girls. It first appears in the records in 1955.
Half of all the girls named Bridgit in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bridgit in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 28 | #3,785 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 27 | #3,860 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,888 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,068 |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,241 |
| 1982 | 26 | #3,259 |
| 1981 | 41 | #2,375 |
| 1980 | 33 | #2,749 |
| 1979 | 35 | #2,582 |
| 1978 | 30 | #2,741 |
| 1977 | 36 | #2,423 |
| 1976 | 32 | #2,486 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,403 |
| 1974 | 24 | #2,922 |
| 1973 | 30 | #2,455 |
| 1972 | 28 | #2,523 |
| 1971 | 22 | #3,062 |
| 1970 | 40 | #2,043 |
| 1969 | 18 | #3,198 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,168 |
| 1967 | 27 | #2,327 |
| 1966 | 41 | #1,766 |
| 1965 | 22 | #2,604 |
| 1964 | 35 | #2,010 |
| 1963 | 31 | #2,130 |
| 1962 | 32 | #2,072 |
| 1961 | 22 | #2,607 |
| 1960 | 32 | #2,012 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,826 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
Nicknames for Bridgit
- Bridie 24 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Bridgit
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Bridgit
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Bridgit: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bridgit, updated 20 October 2026.