Brigit
Brigit is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 197646 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1954
- 1,238people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,238 girls have been named Brigit in the United States since 1954, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1976, with 46 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 46 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1989, and the 1990s alone account for 23%.
By decade
In 1976, its biggest year
Brigit was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1976 were Jennifer, Amy, Melissa, Heather and Angela. See all of 1976.
Names that rose and fell with Brigit
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Deonapeak 1995
- Taniapeak 1993
- Corrinapeak 1995
- Tesapeak 1992
- Suzannahpeak 1991
- Lisettepeak 1999
- Torripeak 1993
- Sabrinapeak 1997
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.