Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Bridget

#401 most common girls' name of all time · #733 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#401
Rank overall
#733 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
92,517
Since 2016
4,000
Peak year
1973 #112
Best rank
#112 1973
Girls Boys peak 2,770/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Bridget is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 385 — 385 #724
2024 398 — 398 #706
2023 376 — 376 #750
2022 356 — 356 #794
2021 396 — 396 #721
2020 363 — 363 #749
2019 385 — 385 #733
2018 398 — 398 #717
2017 434 — 434 #676
2016 509 — 509 #594
2015 583 — 583 #536
2014 579 — 579 #538
2013 565 — 565 #529
2012 684 — 684 #453
2011 630 — 630 #470
2010 687 — 687 #447
2009 753 — 753 #424
2008 820 — 820 #394
2007 909 — 909 #357
2006 945 — 945 #350
2005 971 — 971 #329
2004 1,035 — 1,035 #309
2003 1,029 — 1,029 #301
2002 1,076 — 1,076 #288
2001 1,156 — 1,156 #274
2000 1,167 — 1,167 #274
1999 1,292 — 1,292 #246
1998 1,287 — 1,287 #237
1997 1,281 — 1,281 #235
1996 1,530 — 1,530 #192
1995 1,469 8 1,477 #201
1994 1,698 9 1,707 #174
1993 1,629 — 1,629 #179
1992 1,414 — 1,414 #202
1991 1,447 — 1,447 #207
1990 1,548 — 1,548 #191
1989 1,635 8 1,643 #174
1988 1,566 7 1,573 #178
1987 1,540 7 1,547 #180
1986 1,577 5 1,582 #172
1985 1,613 13 1,626 #173
1984 1,685 6 1,691 #162
1983 1,748 8 1,756 #162
1982 2,006 5 2,011 #147
1981 1,899 — 1,899 #150
1980 1,832 — 1,832 #153
1979 1,736 5 1,741 #161
1978 1,685 7 1,692 #163
1977 1,643 5 1,648 #165
1976 1,706 7 1,713 #154
1975 1,862 9 1,871 #143
1974 2,082 6 2,088 #134
1973 2,763 7 2,770 #112
1972 1,867 8 1,875 #156
1971 1,711 6 1,717 #181
1970 1,815 6 1,821 #179
1969 1,597 — 1,597 #197
1968 1,454 8 1,462 #208
1967 1,555 — 1,555 #203
1966 1,629 — 1,629 #198
1965 1,543 — 1,543 #213
1964 1,480 — 1,480 #225
1963 1,448 — 1,448 #228
1962 1,407 — 1,407 #227
1961 1,211 — 1,211 #254
1960 1,151 — 1,151 #265
1959 1,052 — 1,052 #272
1958 798 — 798 #331
1957 627 — 627 #362
1956 577 — 577 #364
1955 583 — 583 #362
1954 459 — 459 #404
1953 526 — 526 #371
1952 442 — 442 #391
1951 274 — 274 #496
1950 226 — 226 #551
1949 220 — 220 #561
1948 172 — 172 #629
1947 161 — 161 #658
1946 103 — 103 #815
1945 93 — 93 #773
1944 73 — 73 #893
1943 69 — 69 #944
1942 68 — 68 #950
1941 87 — 87 #773
1940 67 — 67 #868
1939 54 — 54 #961
1938 77 — 77 #803
1937 50 — 50 #993
1936 72 — 72 #795
1935 65 — 65 #855
1934 71 — 71 #795
1933 60 — 60 #865
1932 63 — 63 #875
1931 78 — 78 #758
1930 58 — 58 #956
1929 81 — 81 #777
1928 66 — 66 #902
1927 67 — 67 #911
1926 65 — 65 #926
1925 66 — 66 #913
1924 81 — 81 #830
1923 60 — 60 #953
1922 81 — 81 #809
1921 78 — 78 #837
1920 70 — 70 #865
1919 84 — 84 #765
1918 97 — 97 #727
1917 72 — 72 #812
1916 95 — 95 #706
1915 95 — 95 #676
1914 59 — 59 #747
1913 48 — 48 #758
1912 51 — 51 #704
1911 31 — 31 #777
1910 36 — 36 #705
1909 46 — 46 #566
1908 25 — 25 #768
1907 33 — 33 #649
1906 34 — 34 #611
1905 32 — 32 #620
1904 29 — 29 #640
1903 22 — 22 #712
1902 31 — 31 #591
1901 34 — 34 #520
1900 40 — 40 #531
1899 22 — 22 #664
1898 32 — 32 #572
1897 47 — 47 #425
1896 36 — 36 #487
1895 31 — 31 #530
1894 35 — 35 #475
1893 41 — 41 #422
1892 34 — 34 #465
1891 34 — 34 #430
1890 42 — 42 #384
1889 30 — 30 #439
1888 39 — 39 #387
1887 34 — 34 #367
1886 43 — 43 #319
1885 38 — 38 #330
1884 37 — 37 #322
1883 28 — 28 #336
1882 31 — 31 #317
1881 34 — 34 #275
1880 35 — 35 #261