Brigid
Brigid is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 65 births. Its best rank was 944th, in 1965.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 650.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 2000132 births
- Best rank
- #944in 1965
- Since 1917
- 6,443people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,443 girls have been named Brigid in the United States since 1917, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2000, with 132 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 2000s alone account for 17%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Brigid | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | |
| 1920s | 5 | |
| 1930s | 42 | |
| 1940s | 169 | |
| 1950s | 526 | |
| 1960s | 962 | |
| 1970s | 641 | |
| 1980s | 852 | |
| 1990s | 1,033 | |
| 2000s | 1,109 | |
| 2010s | 792 | |
| 2020s | 306 |
In 2000, its biggest year
Brigid was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2000 were Emily, Hannah, Madison, Ashley and Sarah. See all of 2000.
Names that rose and fell with Brigid
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Maurapeak 1964
- Bronwynpeak 1964
- Annamariapeak 1966
- Joyapeak 1990
- Luzpeak 1999
- Myriampeak 2003
- Lanaepeak 2007
- Gracielapeak 1998
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.