Brigit
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BRIJ-it
- Origin
- Irish
Brigit is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “exalted one”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Brigit mean?
Irish: variant of Brigid
“exalted one”
Variant of Brigid, the name of an Irish saint and of a Celtic goddess.
Is Brigit a girl's or a boy's name?
Brigit is a girls' name.
How popular is Brigit in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1976, with 46 girls. It first appears in the records in 1954.
Half of all the girls named Brigit in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brigit in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 31 | #4,021 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,881 |
| 1999 | 35 | #3,506 |
| 1998 | 34 | #3,494 |
| 1997 | 35 | #3,299 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 1994 | 34 | #3,297 |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1992 | 27 | #3,860 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,536 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 28 | #2,997 |
| 1978 | 31 | #2,680 |
| 1977 | 29 | #2,780 |
| 1976 | 46 | #1,936 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,636 |
| 1974 | 35 | #2,254 |
| 1973 | 20 | #3,232 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 23 | #2,955 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,576 |
| 1969 | 20 | #3,011 |
| 1968 | 19 | #2,969 |
| 1967 | 21 | #2,706 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | 26 | #2,411 |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,175 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,921 |
| 1961 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,356 |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,868 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
Nicknames for Brigit
- Bridie 24 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Brigit
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy Brenna Brynn Teagan Devyn Keely Keegan Regan Bree Brianna Codi Bridget
Names related to Brigit
More Irish names
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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, “Brigit: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brigit, updated 20 October 2026.