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How popular is the name Bridget?
Births per year, rank history and how many Bridgets are alive today.
Bridget (female), once a common girls' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 845th in 2025 with 42 given the name. The name peaked in 1914, when around 570 babies were given the name, the 92nd most popular that year. It has declined since 1914; the 2025 figure is roughly 7% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 26,000 babies have been named Bridget in England and Wales since 1914. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Common short forms of Bridget include Bridie.
The Bridget you are most likely to meet is around 79 years old. Half of all Bridgets born in England and Wales are between 50 and 79, and there are at least 15,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 4.7% chance that at least one of them will be called Bridget.
How many babies are named Bridget each year?
Where does Bridget rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Bridget most popular?
Bridget peaked in 1914, when around 570 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Bridget?
At least 15,000 people named Bridget born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Bridget?
Most living Bridgets are between 50 and 79; the most common age is about 79.
Is Bridget becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1914 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.