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Bridget

One of the most common names among Irish immigrant women to the U.S. in the mid-1800s, so common it briefly became American slang for a domestic servant. It has cooled since its 1970s peak, though it is still chosen today. As things stand now, it is a solidly familiar choice.

IrishIrish "Brighid"
EtymologyMeaning "exalted one, strength"
Also spelled: Bridgett
Births by decade
1900s
326
1910s
668
1920s
715
1930s
648
1940s
1,113
1950s
5,564
1960s
14,483
1970s
18,934
1980s
17,161
1990s
14,607
2000s
9,858
2010s
4,664
Peaked in the 1970s · 88,741 total U.S. births since 1900