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How popular is “Brigid” in the USA?

Number of people named “Brigid” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Brigid” by birth year

This chart shows how “Brigid” 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
1917 6 0.00000299 6 100%
1927 5 0.000002156 5 100%
1932 7 0.000003316 7 100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 100%
1937 7 0.000003285 7 100%
1938 10 0.00000452 10 100%
1939 11 0.000004992 11 100%
1940 8 0.000003474 8 100%
1941 6 0.000002463 6 100%
1942 14 0.000005125 14 100%
1943 16 0.000005669 16 100%
1944 12 0.000004461 12 100%
1945 9 0.000003393 9 100%
1946 27 0.00000845 27 100%
1947 25 0.00000694 25 100%
1948 27 0.00000782 27 100%
1949 25 0.000007174 25 100%
1950 27 0.000007707 27 100%
1951 34 0.00000923 34 100%
1952 37 0.000009742 37 100%
1953 41 0.000010639 41 100%
1954 52 0.000013063 52 100%
1955 57 0.000014196 57 100%
1956 51 0.00001237 51 100%
1957 55 0.000013089 55 100%
1958 78 0.000018868 78 100%
1959 94 0.000022607 94 100%
1960 97 0.000023352 97 100%
1961 95 0.000022934 95 100%
1962 107 0.000026516 107 100%
1963 101 0.000025517 101 100%
1964 111 0.000028552 111 100%
1965 117 0.000032272 117 100%
1966 108 0.000031073 108 100%
1967 74 0.000021797 74 100%
1968 89 0.000026344 89 100%
1969 63 0.000018128 63 100%
1970 59 0.000016359 59 100%
1971 67 0.00001952 67 100%
1972 52 0.000016545 52 100%
1973 59 0.000019557 59 100%
1974 60 0.000019737 60 100%
1975 47 0.000015566 47 100%
1976 64 0.000021092 64 100%
1977 74 0.000023296 74 100%
1978 76 0.000023946 76 100%
1979 83 0.000024947 83 100%
1980 87 0.000025258 87 100%
1981 82 0.000023704 82 100%
1982 86 0.000024516 86 100%
1983 83 0.000023965 83 100%
1984 83 0.000023791 83 100%
1985 100 0.000028018 100 100%
1986 73 0.000020522 73 100%
1987 91 0.000025238 91 100%
1988 80 0.000021651 80 100%
1989 87 0.00002263 87 100%
1990 98 0.000024795 98 100%
1991 96 0.000024645 96 100%
1992 89 0.000023169 89 100%
1993 98 0.000025993 98 100%
1994 100 0.000026899 100 100%
1995 97 0.000026487 97 100%
1996 113 0.000030983 113 100%
1997 107 0.000029511 107 100%
1998 116 0.000031537 116 100%
1999 119 0.000032216 119 100%
2000 132 0.000034922 132 100%
2001 129 0.000034461 129 100%
2002 114 0.000030495 114 100%
2003 123 0.000032349 123 100%
2004 118 0.000030883 118 100%
2005 109 0.00002835 109 100%
2006 106 0.000026793 106 100%
2007 91 0.000022763 91 100%
2008 98 0.000024932 98 100%
2009 89 0.000023297 89 100%
2010 82 0.000022188 82 100%
2011 79 0.000021598 79 100%
2012 86 0.000023514 86 100%
2013 75 0.000020572 75 100%
2014 86 0.000023203 86 100%
2015 80 0.000021616 80 100%
2016 79 0.000021534 79 100%
2017 75 0.000020972 75 100%
2018 73 0.000020763 73 100%
2019 77 0.000022184 77 100%
2020 72 0.000021553 72 100%
2021 46 0.000013578 46 100%
2022 56 0.000016553 56 100%
2023 67 0.000020234 67 100%
2024 65 0.000019528 65 100%

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