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Its wave through time A fashion of the 1960s
In the United States 0 5 10 15 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1968 per 100,000 babies of that sex 5,672 babies given this name since 1953 At its height in 1968, about 1 in 8,900 girls 9 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Bridget Girl From Irish Brighid, probably from a Celtic word meaning 'high, exalted'. Middle Ages · peak 1973 Brigitte Girl From Irish Brigid, from a Celtic root usually read as 'high, exalted'. Modern · peak 1966 Brigid Girl From Old Irish Brigit, from Proto-Celtic brigantī 'the high, exalted one'; the same root gives the British goddess… Early Medieval · peak 2000 Birgitta Girl The Swedish form of Irish Brigid, from a Celtic word meaning 'exalted, high one'. Middle Ages Birger Boy From Old Norse bjarga 'to help, save': 'helper'. Middle Ages · forgotten Brage Boy From Bragi, the Norse god of poetry, linked to bragr 'poetry'. Modern Bridgette Girl Fading since the 1970s peak 1973 Bridgett Girl A fashion of the 1970s peak 1973 Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.