Brigita
Brigita is predominantly a Lithuanian and Slovenian feminine given name. Individuals bearing the name Brigita include:Brigita Brezovac, Slovenian bodybuilder Brigita Bukovec, Slovenian hurdler Brigita Ivanauskaitė, Lithuanian handball player Brigita Langerholc, Slovenian middle distance runner Brigita Ozolins, Australian installation artist and art educator Brigita Schmögnerová, Slovak economist…
- Slovene
- Croatian
- Latvian
- Czech
Meaning & Origin of Brigita
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Brigita is predominantly a Lithuanian and Slovenian feminine given name. Individuals bearing the name Brigita include:Brigita Brezovac, Slovenian bodybuilder Brigita Bukovec, Slovenian hurdler Brigita Ivanauskaitė, Lithuanian handball player Brigita Langerholc, Slovenian middle distance runner Brigita Ozolins, Australian installation artist and art educator Brigita Schmögnerová, Slovak economist…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Slovene
- Croatian
- Latvian
- Czech
- Slovak
The Story of Brigita
The earliest SSA record of Brigita as a baby girl name dates back to 1974, when 6 babies received it. 1974 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Brigita — #7,679 in the national rankings. The 1970s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 35% of all recorded Brigitas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2009 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 17 Brigitas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Brigita
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About the name Brigita
Brigita is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 17 births in the dataset. Brigita's peak popularity came in 1974 when it ranked #7,679. Use the chart and map above to compare Brigita'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 .
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