Brigitte
Brigitte is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 77 births. Its best rank was 550th, in 1960.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 770.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1960314 births
- Best rank
- #550in 1960
- Since 1946
- 9,102people given the name
The story in the numbers
9,102 girls have been named Brigitte in the United States since 1946, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1960, with 314 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 1980, and the 1960s alone account for 28%. It has spent 21 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Brigitte | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 26 | |
| 1950s | 592 | |
| 1960s | 2,530 | |
| 1970s | 1,317 | |
| 1980s | 1,381 | |
| 1990s | 1,303 | |
| 2000s | 794 | |
| 2010s | 860 | |
| 2020s | 299 |
In 1960, its biggest year
Brigitte was the 550th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1960 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Karen and Donna. See all of 1960.
Names that rose and fell with Brigitte
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Alisapeak 1970
- Annemariepeak 1968
- Zoraidapeak 1961
- Loriannepeak 1963
- Lourdespeak 1963
- Jonapeak 1964
- Leeannpeak 1962
- Johnnapeak 1963
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.