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How popular is “Bridget” in the USA?

Number of people named “Bridget” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Bridget” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Bridget” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Bridget” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Bridget” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Bridget” by birth year

This chart shows how “Bridget” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 35 0.000173711 35 100%
1881 34 0.000176451 34 100%
1882 31 0.000139934 31 100%
1883 28 0.000129064 28 100%
1884 37 0.000151975 37 100%
1885 38 0.000157772 38 100%
1886 43 0.000168419 43 100%
1887 34 0.000137434 34 100%
1888 39 0.000130228 39 100%
1889 30 0.000103826 30 100%
1890 42 0.000139349 42 100%
1891 34 0.000118602 34 100%
1892 34 0.000101683 34 100%
1893 41 0.000126067 41 100%
1894 35 0.000103339 35 100%
1895 31 0.000088314 31 100%
1896 36 0.000100704 36 100%
1897 47 0.000135463 47 100%
1898 32 0.000083889 32 100%
1899 22 0.000064852 22 100%
1900 40 0.000088838 40 100%
1901 34 0.000098319 34 100%
1902 31 0.000080159 31 100%
1903 22 0.000057712 22 100%
1904 29 0.000071874 29 100%
1905 32 0.000075486 32 100%
1906 34 0.000079356 34 100%
1907 33 0.000070908 33 100%
1908 25 0.000051161 25 100%
1909 46 0.00008998 46 100%
1910 36 0.000060944 36 100%
1911 31 0.000048116 31 100%
1912 51 0.000051616 51 100%
1913 48 0.000042212 48 100%
1914 59 0.000041657 59 100%
1915 95 0.000051844 95 100%
1916 95 0.00004911 95 100%
1917 72 0.000035879 72 100%
1918 97 0.000044678 97 100%
1919 84 0.000039806 84 100%
1920 70 0.000030937 70 100%
1921 78 0.000033412 78 100%
1922 81 0.000035384 81 100%
1923 60 0.000026059 60 100%
1924 81 0.000034011 81 100%
1925 66 0.000028286 66 100%
1926 65 0.000028311 65 100%
1927 67 0.000028887 67 100%
1928 66 0.000029191 66 100%
1929 81 0.00003695 81 100%
1930 58 0.000026087 58 100%
1931 78 0.000037065 78 100%
1932 63 0.00002984 63 100%
1933 60 0.000030008 60 100%
1934 71 0.000034187 71 100%
1935 65 0.000031102 65 100%
1936 72 0.000034656 72 100%
1937 50 0.000023467 50 100%
1938 77 0.000034801 77 100%
1939 54 0.000024507 54 100%
1940 67 0.000029096 67 100%
1941 87 0.000035708 87 100%
1942 68 0.000024892 68 100%
1943 69 0.000024446 69 100%
1944 73 0.000027137 73 100%
1945 93 0.000035056 93 100%
1946 103 0.000032235 103 100%
1947 161 0.000044693 161 100%
1948 172 0.000049819 172 100%
1949 220 0.000063132 220 100%
1950 226 0.00006451 226 100%
1951 274 0.000074381 274 100%
1952 442 0.000116377 442 100%
1953 526 0.000136494 526 100%
1954 459 0.000115306 459 100%
1955 583 0.000145203 583 100%
1956 577 0.000139945 577 100%
1957 627 0.00014921 627 100%
1958 798 0.000193038 798 100%
1959 1052 0.000253007 1052 100%
1960 1151 0.000277095 1151 100%
1961 1211 0.00029235 1211 100%
1962 1407 0.000348667 1407 100%
1963 1448 0.000365823 1448 100%
1964 1480 0.000380697 1480 100%
1965 1543 0.000425602 1543 100%
1966 1629 0.000468689 1629 100%
1967 1556 0.000458335 1556 100%
1968 1462 0.000432748 1454 8 99%
1969 1597 0.000459526 1597 100%
1970 1821 0.00050492 1815 6 99%
1971 1717 0.00050024 1711 6 99%
1972 1875 0.000596565 1867 8 99%
1973 2770 0.000918165 2763 7 99%
1974 2088 0.000686842 2082 6 99%
1975 1871 0.000619661 1862 9 99%
1976 1714 0.000564875 1707 7 99%
1977 1647 0.000518496 1642 5 99%
1978 1692 0.000533103 1685 7 99%
1979 1741 0.000523294 1736 5 99%
1980 1832 0.000531861 1832 100%
1981 1899 0.000548943 1899 100%
1982 2013 0.000573837 2008 5 100%
1983 1756 0.000507025 1748 8 99%
1984 1691 0.0004847 1685 6 99%
1985 1626 0.000455576 1613 13 98%
1986 1582 0.000444747 1577 5 99%
1987 1547 0.000429053 1540 7 99%
1988 1573 0.000425705 1566 7 99%
1989 1643 0.00042737 1635 8 99%
1990 1548 0.000391653 1548 100%
1991 1447 0.000371477 1447 100%
1992 1414 0.000368107 1414 100%
1993 1629 0.000432064 1629 100%
1994 1707 0.000459161 1698 9 99%
1995 1477 0.000403314 1469 8 99%
1996 1530 0.0004195 1530 100%
1997 1281 0.000353306 1281 100%
1998 1287 0.000349899 1287 100%
1999 1292 0.000349769 1292 100%
2000 1167 0.000308738 1167 100%
2001 1156 0.000308811 1156 100%
2002 1076 0.000287832 1076 100%
2003 1029 0.000270624 1029 100%
2004 1035 0.000270877 1035 100%
2005 971 0.000252546 971 100%
2006 945 0.000238866 945 100%
2007 909 0.000227382 909 100%
2008 820 0.000208616 820 100%
2009 753 0.000197111 753 100%
2010 687 0.00018589 687 100%
2011 630 0.000172235 630 100%
2012 684 0.00018702 684 100%
2013 565 0.000154978 565 100%
2014 579 0.000156217 579 100%
2015 583 0.000157529 583 100%
2016 509 0.000138741 509 100%
2017 434 0.000121358 434 100%
2018 398 0.0001132 398 100%
2019 385 0.000110921 385 100%
2020 363 0.000108664 363 100%
2021 396 0.000116885 396 100%
2022 356 0.000105228 356 100%
2023 376 0.000113554 376 100%
2024 398 0.000119573 398 100%

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