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Brigit Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Brigit?

The rare name Brigit was the 16,020th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States in 2018.

Brigit, is a possible choice for parents seeking a more unique name.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #1,937 in 1976 with 46 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Brigit was less than 5, most recently in 2017.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Brigit occurred roughly during the years 1960-1964, 1970-1976, and 1987-1994, whereas 1976-1981, and 2005-2008 were years of successive downward movement.

Where is the name Brigit popularity headed?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

Brigit's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Brigit lately has dropped dramatically.

The name Brigit is mostly unused and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Brigit has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Brigit (Girl)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 5 16,020
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2016 10 10,211
2015 10 10,258
2014 9 11,122
2013 16 7,433
2012 8 12,409
2011 14 8,268
2010 18 6,953
2009 8 12,624
2008 15 8,181
2007 19 6,866
2006 19 6,623
2005 26 4,977
2004 17 6,830
2003 25 4,964
2002 26 4,653
2001 31 4,037
2000 32 3,895
1999 35 3,514
1998 34 3,501
1997 35 3,307
1996 26 4,071
1995 28 3,790
1994 34 3,309
1993 30 3,605
1992 27 3,876
1991 21 4,673
1990 20 4,719
1989 19 4,695
1988 15 5,355
1987 13 5,636
1986 17 4,561
1985 19 4,139
1984 17 4,342
1983 11 5,859
1982 17 4,364
1981 14 4,995
1980 18 4,164
1979 28 3,003
1978 31 2,684
1977 29 2,783
1976 46 1,937
1975 18 3,647
1974 35 2,259
1973 20 3,242
1972 11 4,816
1971 23 2,961
1970 17 3,598
1969 20 3,020
1968 19 2,972
1967 21 2,709
1966 9 4,527
1965 11 3,970
1964 26 2,414
1963 16 3,185
1962 18 2,933
1961 18 2,972
1960 14 3,372
1959 17 2,876
1958 8 4,556
1957 9 4,240
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1954 5 5,825
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.