Bridgit

Girls' name

Variant of Bridget

Bridgit has been given to 1,275 babies in the U.S. since 1955. 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 1966, with 41 recorded.

Babies named Bridgit, 2016

1 in 459,000

Bridgit 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Bridgit: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Bridget

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Bridgit means

Bridgit is a variant of Bridget.

Origin, language, and formation

Bridgit is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Bridget.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,275 girls were recorded with the name Bridgit between 1955 and 2016. Its highest annual count was 41 in 1966; its best national rank was #1,768 in 1966.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Bridgit?

Bridgit had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2016, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2016: 1 in 459,000; 8 of 3,669,531 births
Among girls only: 1 in 221,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2016: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 317,942 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Bridgit 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 2016 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 317,942 children born in 2016 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bridgit. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bridgits were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bridgit was born before 1980 — so the typical Bridgit is around 45 today.

Median birth year: 1980; About 45 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 23.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 32.2%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 1,275; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 23.3% of all recorded uses (297).

Is Bridgit 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 1966 (41)
Years since peak: 59; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 42.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,768; 1966

Spellings of Bridgit

Bridgit is not the most common spelling — Bridget is, with 79.9% against Bridgit's 1.1%.

Bridget79.9%92,367
Bridgett11.3%13,116
Brigid5.6%6,504
Bridgit1.1%1,275
Brigit1.1%1,238
Bridgitte0.54%628
Briget0.43%500

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.

Where Bridgit is used

Across 1910–2025, Bridgit was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,077,329 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —
2Illinois1 in —
3Minnesota1 in —
4New York1 in —
5Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Bridgit has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Bridgit around the world

Where Bridgit ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
1965–2010
#801
in 2010

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Bridgit 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: #1,768; 1966
Peak year: 1966; 41 that year
First recorded: 1955
Last recorded: 2016
All-time count: 1,275
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Bridgit

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

Brigit Briseis Brilynn Brienne Brianny Britton Brianda Briyana Briasia Britain Brinkley Brilee Brinlee Brighid Brixley Brileigh Briseyda Britny Brihanna Brithany Brighton Brinda Briyanna Briauna

Sibling names for Bridgit

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

Rona Dawna Rosita Collette Sarita Kandy Cami Missy

For a brother

Deron Tad Darron Theron Daron Thad Kip Tracey

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