Bridget has been given to about 92,517 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1973, which makes it a boomer-era name.
Bridget ranks 724th among American girls in 2025, with 385 born that year. Its best year was 1973, when 2,770 babies were given the name, ranking 112th. The typical living American called Bridget is about 43 years old today. It is relatively most common in Massachusetts, where it accounts for 0.04% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.