Name meaning & stats
Bridget
Bridget means “exalted one” (Irish origin). 89,457 US babies since 1940, peak 1973.
What it means
“exalted one”
IrishWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1973
89,457 US babies were named Bridget between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Bridget (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 70% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1973)