Bridgette
- Pronunciation
- [Brid-gette]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Strength. Mythological Celtic Goddess Of Fire And Poetry.
- Origin
- French
Bridgette Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 23,815 baby girls have been named Bridgette. The name peaked in 1970 with 629 US births that year (rank #379). In 2024, ranked #2232 nationally — 1,853 places below its 1970 peak.
Top States for Bridgette
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Bridgette births are: California (2,537), Texas (1,978), New York (1,239).
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9-Letter Names Starting with B
Names with Bridgette's exact length and starting letter: Babatunde, Backstere, Badriyyah, Baerhloew, Bailintin.
Quick Facts About Bridgette
US Popularity History (2000–2003)
Annual US births named Bridgette by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2000 with 252 girls named Bridgette (girl rank #875 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2003, ranked #935 for girls (252 US births). That's 60 places below its 2000 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgett | Strength. Mythological Celtic Goddess Of Fire And Poetry. | Female | French |
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Compare Bridgette to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Bridgette against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).