Brigid
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,778 for girls
- Style
- Big in Northern Ireland
Brigid is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “high, exalted”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 2,778th for girls in the US (61 babies).
What does Brigid mean?
Irish
“high, exalted”
A female given name from Irish, equivalent to English Bridget, sometimes borrowed from Irish.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Brigid a girl's or a boy's name?
Brigid is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 61 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brigid in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 114% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Brigid, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Brigid in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales and 334th in Northern Ireland.
Brigid in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 2 | #7,494 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Brigid in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,778th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 61 about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 61 girls in the US were named Brigid, making it the 2,778th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,416th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 132 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the girls named Brigid in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brigid in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,778 |
| 2024 | 65 | #2,661 |
| 2023 | 67 | #2,614 |
| 2022 | 56 | #2,956 |
| 2021 | 46 | #3,389 |
| 2020 | 72 | #2,416 |
| 2019 | 77 | #2,331 |
| 2018 | 73 | #2,438 |
| 2017 | 75 | #2,401 |
| 2016 | 79 | #2,366 |
| 2015 | 80 | #2,318 |
| 2014 | 86 | #2,194 |
| 2013 | 75 | #2,408 |
| 2012 | 86 | #2,189 |
| 2011 | 79 | #2,346 |
| 2010 | 82 | #2,313 |
| 2009 | 89 | #2,204 |
| 2008 | 98 | #2,078 |
| 2007 | 91 | #2,177 |
| 2006 | 106 | #1,905 |
| 2005 | 109 | #1,789 |
| 2004 | 118 | #1,642 |
| 2003 | 123 | #1,560 |
| 2002 | 114 | #1,623 |
| 2001 | 129 | #1,457 |
| 2000 | 132 | #1,400 |
| 1999 | 119 | #1,456 |
| 1998 | 116 | #1,470 |
| 1997 | 107 | #1,512 |
| 1996 | 113 | #1,444 |
| 1995 | 97 | #1,558 |
| 1994 | 100 | #1,541 |
| 1993 | 98 | #1,567 |
| 1992 | 89 | #1,684 |
| 1991 | 96 | #1,578 |
| 1990 | 98 | #1,553 |
| 1989 | 87 | #1,596 |
| 1988 | 80 | #1,613 |
| 1987 | 91 | #1,432 |
| 1986 | 73 | #1,619 |
| 1985 | 100 | #1,323 |
| 1984 | 83 | #1,397 |
| 1983 | 83 | #1,411 |
| 1982 | 86 | #1,417 |
| 1981 | 82 | #1,475 |
| 1980 | 87 | #1,417 |
| 1979 | 83 | #1,454 |
| 1978 | 76 | #1,487 |
| 1977 | 74 | #1,483 |
| 1976 | 64 | #1,568 |
| 1975 | 47 | #1,906 |
| 1974 | 60 | #1,578 |
| 1973 | 59 | #1,570 |
| 1972 | 52 | #1,698 |
| 1971 | 67 | #1,500 |
| 1970 | 59 | #1,599 |
| 1969 | 63 | #1,480 |
| 1968 | 89 | #1,133 |
| 1967 | 74 | #1,239 |
| 1966 | 108 | #986 |
| 1965 | 117 | #944 |
| 1964 | 111 | #1,021 |
| 1963 | 101 | #1,073 |
| 1962 | 107 | #1,043 |
| 1961 | 95 | #1,125 |
| 1960 | 97 | #1,091 |
| 1959 | 94 | #1,103 |
| 1958 | 78 | #1,202 |
| 1957 | 55 | #1,426 |
| 1956 | 51 | #1,479 |
| 1955 | 57 | #1,333 |
| 1954 | 52 | #1,391 |
| 1953 | 41 | #1,530 |
| 1952 | 37 | #1,577 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,636 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,834 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,916 |
| 1948 | 27 | #1,819 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,945 |
| 1946 | 27 | #1,722 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,624 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,250 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,415 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,590 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
Names like Brigid
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira, Eden, Bree, Cassidy, Teagan, Caoimhe, Raegan, Brianna, Caragh, Bridget, Erin, Eireann
Names related to Brigid
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, “Brigid: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brigid, updated 20 October 2026.