Brigit
Brigit is a name with multiple cultural origins: Old Irish, Irish Mythology.
- Old Irish
- Irish Mythology
Meaning & Origin of Brigit
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Brigit is a name with multiple cultural origins: Old Irish, Irish Mythology.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Old Irish
- Irish Mythology
The Story of Brigit
The earliest SSA record of Brigit as a baby girl name dates back to 1954, when 5 babies received it. 1976 was its biggest year on record, with 46 newborns named Brigit — #1,936 in the national rankings. About 23% of every Brigit on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Brigit last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Brigit
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Brigit. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Brigit
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Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Brigit
Brigit is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1954 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Brigit's peak popularity came in 1976 when it ranked #1,936. Use the chart and map above to compare Brigit's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.