# Bridgette (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bridgette/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 23,920 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 16 / 23,904 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 38, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Bridget. See -ette.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 179 | 1,315 |
| 2012 | 190 | 1,265 |
| 2013 | 172 | 1,352 |
| 2014 | 151 | 1,481 |
| 2015 | 146 | 1,532 |
| 2016 | 130 | 1,657 |
| 2017 | 123 | 1,721 |
| 2018 | 97 | 2,016 |
| 2019 | 99 | 1,961 |
| 2020 | 77 | 2,306 |
| 2021 | 66 | 2,613 |
| 2022 | 85 | 2,213 |
| 2023 | 78 | 2,339 |
| 2024 | 84 | 2,236 |
| 2025 | 88 | 2,125 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 5 | 4,011 |
| 1974 | 5 | 5,300 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,058 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2,802 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

## People named Bridgette

- Bridgette Wilson, American actress, singer, and model
- Bridgette Andersen, American actress and model (1975–1997)
- Bridgette Kerkove, American pornographic actress, film director and producer
- Bridgette Gordon, American basketball player (born 1967)
- Bridgette Gusterson, Australian water polo player and coach

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.