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How popular is the name Brigit?
Births per year, rank history and how many Brigits are alive today.
Brigit (female), a spelling of Brigitte, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 1998 (ranked 3848th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 1997, when 3 babies were given the name, the 3824th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Brigitte you are most likely to meet is around 17 years old - or else around 29: the name has two living generations. Half of all Brigittes born in England and Wales are between 10 and 28, and there are at least 130 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Brigitte - on average, only one in every 2,424 such rooms contains a Brigitte.
How many babies are named Brigit each year?
Includes all spellings: Brigit, Bridgette, Brigitte. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Brigit spelling rank?
Where does the Bridgette spelling rank?
Where does the Brigitte spelling rank?
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 Brigit most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Brigitte, peaked in 2010, when 11 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Brigit spelling itself peaked in 1997, with 3 babies.
How many people are called Brigit?
At least 130 people named Brigit in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Brigit?
Most living Brigits are between 10 and 28; the most common age is about 17. There is a second cluster around 29.
Is Brigit becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.