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How popular is “Briget” in the USA?

Number of people named “Briget” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Briget” 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 “Briget” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Briget” by birth year

This chart shows how “Briget” 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
1957 8 0.000001904 8 100%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 100%
1962 15 0.000003717 15 100%
1963 16 0.000004042 16 100%
1964 14 0.000003601 14 100%
1965 14 0.000003862 14 100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 100%
1967 13 0.000003829 13 100%
1968 11 0.000003256 11 100%
1969 12 0.000003453 12 100%
1970 17 0.000004714 17 100%
1971 16 0.000004662 16 100%
1972 12 0.000003818 12 100%
1973 20 0.000006629 20 100%
1974 22 0.000007237 22 100%
1975 13 0.000004305 13 100%
1976 16 0.000005273 16 100%
1977 18 0.000005667 18 100%
1978 13 0.000004096 13 100%
1979 9 0.000002705 9 100%
1980 8 0.000002323 8 100%
1981 16 0.000004625 16 100%
1982 9 0.000002566 9 100%
1983 10 0.000002887 10 100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 100%
1988 17 0.000004601 17 100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 100%
1990 5 0.000001265 5 100%
1992 9 0.000002343 9 100%
1993 8 0.000002122 8 100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 100%
1996 8 0.000002193 8 100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 100%
1998 15 0.000004078 15 100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 100%
2001 10 0.000002671 10 100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 100%

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