Bridgetta

Girls' name

Bridget with the suffix -a

Bridgetta has been given to 36 babies in the U.S. since 1960. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1967, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Bridgetta, 1971

1 in 572,000

Bridgetta over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Bridgetta: meaning, origin, and history

Bridget with the suffix -a

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Bridgetta means

Bridgetta is formed from Bridget with the suffix -a.

Origin, language, and formation

Bridgetta is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Bridget.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 36 girls were recorded with the name Bridgetta between 1960 and 1971. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1967; its best national rank was #5,021 in 1967.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Bridgetta?

Bridgetta had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1971, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1971: 1 in 572,000; 6 of 3,432,187 births
Among girls only: 1 in 277,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1971: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 396,503 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Bridgetta sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1971 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 396,503 children born in 1971 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bridgetta. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bridgettas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bridgetta was born before 1967 — so the typical Bridgetta is around 58 today.

Median birth year: 1967; About 58 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 69.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 36; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 69.4% of all recorded uses (25).

Is Bridgetta rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1967 (8)
Years since peak: 58; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 28.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,021; 1967

Spellings of Bridgetta

Bridgetta is not the most common spelling — Bridget is, with 67.8% against Bridgetta's 0.03%.

Bridget67.8%92,367
Bridgette17.5%23,904
Bridgett9.6%13,116
Brigette4.2%5,727
Bridgitte0.46%628
Brigitta0.40%551
Bridgetta0.03%36

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Bridgetta by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,021; 1967
Peak year: 1967; 8 that year
First recorded: 1960
Last recorded: 1971
All-time count: 36
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Bridgetta

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sibling names for Bridgetta

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Cami Missy Evette Tonja Rona Nichelle Aretha Dawna

For a brother

Thad Tracey Deron Kraig Kelley Tad Darron Theron

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