Brigitte
Brigitte was the 2864th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 59 babies. Its best year was 1960, when it ranked 550th with 314 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,217 places. More babies were named Brigitte in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Bridget) high, exalted (Irish) · Irish, Celtic
- Rank in 2025
- #2,864 girls, up 114 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 59girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1960314 babies
- Total since 1880
- 9,165babies recorded
What does the name Brigitte mean?
Brigitte is a spelling of Bridget, pronounced the same way, so it shares Bridget's meaning and origin.
Bridget is the English form of the Irish saint's name Brigid (Brighid). DMNES traces Old Irish Brigit to a Proto-Celtic word meaning high or exalted. It was the name of an Irish goddess and of Saint Brigid, a 6th-century patron saint of Ireland, and DMNES notes the two were often confused. DMNES also lists a 14th-century Swedish saint of the name. Bride is an older English doublet. Bridget has been used in the US since 1880.
Brigit (Old Irish, “Brigid”)*Brigantī (Proto-Celtic, “high, exalted”)
How sure is this? Probable. The Proto-Celtic root is reconstructed.
Related names: Brigid, Brigitte, Birgitta, Bridie, Bree, Bride.
See also: Irish names.
Sources for this meaning
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Bridget', DMNES (Durham University)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Bridget' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Brigitte popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,864 | 59 |
| 2020 | #2,978 | 54 |
| 2010 | #3,132 | 53 |
| 2000 | #2,107 | 77 |
| 1990 | #1,095 | 160 |
| 1980 | #1,176 | 114 |
| 1970 | #765 | 189 |
| 1960 | #550 | 314 |
| 1950 | #4,361 | 7 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Brigitte, counting every spelling?
Brigitte is a spelling of Bridget, a name family that ranked #553 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,864 for Brigitte on its own. Together these spellings went to 544 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridget | 385 | #724 | 1,911 |
| Bridgette | 88 | #2,125 | 401 |
| Brigitte | 59 | #2,864 | 306 |
| Bridgett | 12 | #8,452 | 65 |
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 many kids will share the name Brigitte?
59 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Brigitte (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Brigitte born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 142 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Brigitte.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Brigitte?
About 8,600 people born in the US named Brigitte are alive today, with a median age of 44; half are between 28 and 59. That makes Brigitte mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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.
Brigitte by state
How common Brigitte was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Texas (1.7×). In 44 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Brigitte: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Brigitte, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Brigitte
What does Brigitte mean?
Brigitte is a spelling of Bridget, which means “high, exalted (Irish)” (Irish, Celtic origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Brigitte?
Brigitte was the 2864th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 59 babies. Its best year was 1960, when it ranked 550th with 314 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,217 places. More babies were named Brigitte in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Brigitte a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Brigitte in the US.
Where is Brigitte most popular?
In 2021–2025, Brigitte was most common in Texas (0.07 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and California.