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Brigit

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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
Babies named Brigit, by year of birthgirls
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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

Decadegirls named Brigit
1950s39
1960s172
1970s258
1980s160
1990s290
2000s218
2010s90
2020s11

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.

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.