Brigitta
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- brih-GIT-ah
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Brigitta is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “exalted one”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Brigitta mean?
Irish: Latinised form of Brigid used in German, Dutch, Swedish and Hungarian
“exalted one”
Form of Brigid used in German, Dutch, Swedish and Hungarian.
Is Brigitta a girl's or a boy's name?
Brigitta is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brigitta in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Brigitta, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1962, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1944.
2025 had more girls named Brigitta than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Brigitta in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brigitta in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,618 |
| 1968 | 12 | #3,999 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,210 |
| 1966 | 13 | #3,557 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,514 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,800 |
| 1962 | 17 | #3,032 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,826 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
Names like Brigitta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brianna, Brenna, Cassidy, Briana, Mckenna, Brynn, Kiara, Breanna, Teagan, Kierra, Bryanna, Bree
Names related to Brigitta
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey
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, “Brigitta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brigitta, updated 20 October 2026.