Brigid

Girl name

Brigid has been given to 6,504 babies in the U.S. since 1917. It peaked in 2000.

Meaning & origin /ˈbɹɪ.d͡ʒɪd/

From Irish Brighid, from Old Irish Brigit, from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī (“high, exalted”).

Origin: Irish

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

6,504

Peak year

2000 (132 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1917

10-year trend

▼ -24%

Gender split

All girls

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Brigid.

6,519 babies since 1964

6,534 babies since 1938

6,544 babies since 1953

6,565 babies since 1978

6,568 babies since 1974

6,438 babies since 1915

6,580 babies since 1961

6,609 babies since 1972

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