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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Brigit

Brigit was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 1938th with 46 babies. More babies were named Brigit in the 1990s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
197646 babies
Total since 1880
1,238babies recorded

Brigit popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020#13,7596
2010#6,95918
2000#3,89632
1990#4,72020
1980#4,16518
1970#3,59517
1960#3,37314
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Brigit, counting every spelling?

Brigit is a spelling of Briggitte, a name family that had 24 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 24 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Briggitte24#5,26846

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How old are people named Brigit?

About 1,200 people born in the US named Brigit are alive today, with a median age of 36; half are between 26 and 51. That makes Brigit mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Brigit by state

How common Brigit was among girls born in each state in 1974–1978, around its peak. In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesIL0.04Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Brigit, girls, 1974–1978. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Brigit: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Brigit, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Brigit

How popular is the name Brigit?

Brigit was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 1938th with 46 babies. More babies were named Brigit in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Is Brigit a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Brigit in the US.

Where was Brigit most popular?

In 1974–1978, Brigit was most common in Illinois (0.04 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and New York.