Brigitte
Girl · bri-ZHEET · Irish
Brigitte is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “exalted one”. In 2025 it ranked 2,859th for girls in the US (59 babies).
What does Brigitte mean?
Irish: French and German form of Bridget
“exalted one”
The French and German form of Bridget, from the Irish name Brighid.
- Say it
- bri-ZHEET
Is Brigitte a girl's or a boy's name?
Brigitte is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 59 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brigitte in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Brigitte in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brigitte in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
How popular is Brigitte in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,859among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 59about 1 in 27,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 59 girls in the US were named Brigitte, making it the 2,859th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,966th. Its busiest year was 1960, with 314 girls. It first appears in the records in 1946.
Half of all the girls named Brigitte in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 83 girls in the US were given Brigitte or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,925, up from #2,859 for this spelling alone.
- Brigitte 59
- Briggitte 24
Brigitte in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #2,859 |
| 2024 | 77 | #2,362 |
| 2023 | 58 | #2,891 |
| 2022 | 49 | #3,277 |
| 2021 | 63 | #2,715 |
| 2020 | 54 | #2,966 |
| 2019 | 60 | #2,784 |
| 2018 | 77 | #2,361 |
| 2017 | 65 | #2,664 |
| 2016 | 96 | #2,054 |
| 2015 | 130 | #1,643 |
| 2014 | 140 | #1,552 |
| 2013 | 85 | #2,187 |
| 2012 | 96 | #2,016 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,944 |
| 2010 | 53 | #3,122 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,891 |
| 2008 | 51 | #3,266 |
| 2007 | 54 | #3,168 |
| 2006 | 106 | #1,905 |
| 2005 | 78 | #2,294 |
| 2004 | 81 | #2,192 |
| 2003 | 103 | #1,812 |
| 2002 | 101 | #1,778 |
| 2001 | 83 | #2,031 |
| 2000 | 77 | #2,099 |
| 1999 | 79 | #1,972 |
| 1998 | 91 | #1,732 |
| 1997 | 112 | #1,464 |
| 1996 | 122 | #1,373 |
| 1995 | 131 | #1,276 |
| 1994 | 159 | #1,126 |
| 1993 | 157 | #1,129 |
| 1992 | 162 | #1,103 |
| 1991 | 130 | #1,283 |
| 1990 | 160 | #1,092 |
| 1989 | 182 | #955 |
| 1988 | 172 | #967 |
| 1987 | 162 | #974 |
| 1986 | 146 | #1,032 |
| 1985 | 158 | #972 |
| 1984 | 100 | #1,266 |
| 1983 | 120 | #1,120 |
| 1982 | 113 | #1,198 |
| 1981 | 114 | #1,165 |
| 1980 | 114 | #1,176 |
| 1979 | 94 | #1,323 |
| 1978 | 81 | #1,422 |
| 1977 | 124 | #1,060 |
| 1976 | 136 | #939 |
| 1975 | 99 | #1,162 |
| 1974 | 117 | #1,023 |
| 1973 | 152 | #847 |
| 1972 | 154 | #841 |
| 1971 | 171 | #812 |
| 1970 | 189 | #765 |
| 1969 | 224 | #662 |
| 1968 | 205 | #678 |
| 1967 | 228 | #629 |
| 1966 | 283 | #566 |
| 1965 | 288 | #561 |
| 1964 | 221 | #692 |
| 1963 | 219 | #679 |
| 1962 | 269 | #611 |
| 1961 | 280 | #602 |
| 1960 | 314 | #550 |
| 1959 | 282 | #590 |
| 1958 | 169 | #770 |
| 1957 | 33 | #1,903 |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,967 |
| 1955 | 18 | #2,634 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,888 |
| 1953 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,371 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,973 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
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