# Brigitte (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/brigitte/  
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 | 9,165 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 9,165 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 56, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 58 | 2,951 |
| 2012 | 96 | 2,019 |
| 2013 | 85 | 2,190 |
| 2014 | 140 | 1,556 |
| 2015 | 130 | 1,647 |
| 2016 | 96 | 2,056 |
| 2017 | 65 | 2,668 |
| 2018 | 77 | 2,363 |
| 2019 | 60 | 2,787 |
| 2020 | 54 | 2,978 |
| 2021 | 63 | 2,727 |
| 2022 | 49 | 3,283 |
| 2023 | 58 | 2,898 |
| 2024 | 77 | 2,370 |
| 2025 | 59 | 2,864 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 5 | 2,701 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3,409 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2,970 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,518 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |

## People named Brigitte

- Brigitte Bardot, French actress, singer, animal rights activist (1934–2025)
- Brigitte Macron, French teacher, spouse of French statesman Emmanuel Macron
- Brigitte Bierlein, Austrian jurist and politician, former federal chancellor of Austria and president of the 
- Brigitte Nielsen, Danish actress, model and singer
- Brigitte Helm, German actress (1908–1996)
- Brigitte Fossey, French actress
- Brigitte Fontaine, French poet and artist
- Brigitte Lahaie, French pornographic and mainstream actress, radio host
- Brigitte Hamann, Austrian-German historian (1940–2016)
- Brigitte Horney, actress (1911–1988)
- Brigitte Auber, French actress
- Brigitte Engerer, French pianist (1952–2012)

## 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.