Bridie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BRY-dee
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,368 for girls
Bridie is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “exalted one”. In 2025 it ranked 1,368th for girls in the UK (24 babies).
What does Bridie mean?
Irish: pet form of Bridget
“exalted one”
More on Wiktionary.
Is Bridie a girl's or a boy's name?
Bridie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bridie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,368th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the UK were named Bridie, making it the 1,368th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 79 girls.
2025 had more girls named Bridie than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Bridie in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 34 girls in the UK were given Bridie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #950, up from #1,368 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,315th in England and Wales.
Bridie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #1,368 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,611 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,667 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,669 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,780 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,531 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,711 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,605 |
| 2015 | 26 | #1,353 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,656 |
| 2013 | 28 | #1,296 |
| 2012 | 26 | #1,346 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,421 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,575 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,449 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,215 |
| 2007 | 36 | #924 |
| 2006 | 37 | #868 |
| 2005 | 34 | #883 |
| 2004 | 36 | #834 |
| 2003 | 34 | #843 |
| 2002 | 46 | #651 |
| 2001 | 48 | #616 |
| 2000 | 64 | #503 |
| 1999 | 70 | #472 |
| 1998 | 67 | #490 |
| 1997 | 79 | #450 |
| 1996 | 77 | #438 |
How popular is Bridie in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1918, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1909.
Half of all the girls named Bridie in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bridie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,740 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,343 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,640 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,399 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,673 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,090 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,957 |
Names like Bridie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caoimhe, Bree, Caragh, Teagan, Raegan, Keira, Aoibheann, Ffion, Eireann, Cassidy, Orla, Eire
Other spellings of Bridie
Brydie, Bridey
Names related to Bridie
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Cody, Erin, 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, “Bridie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bridie, updated 20 October 2026.