Bridie

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Bridie: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Bridie: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #238, and it stood at #1,603 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
53times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#238highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#417
1997	#404
1998	#444
1999	#429
2000	#465
2001	#570
2002	#603
2003	#781
2004	#772
2005	#824
2006	#816
2007	#866
2008	#1135
2009	#1365
2010	#1472
2011	#1327
2012	#1253
2013	#1220
2014	#1562
2015	#1279
2016	#1525
2017	#1628
2018	#1649
2019	#1439
2020	#1687
2021	#1569
2022	#1556
2023	#1525
2024	#1603

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 24 of the 58 years from 1964 to 2021.

In 2021: #883 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1569 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #327 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2021
Highest recorded position: #238 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1965 (recorded 1964–2021).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1603 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Bridie appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 988 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1964.

Bridie across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Bridie's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#327 (1964)	#238 (1965)	#883 (2021)	24 of 58	112 (1964–2021)	9 (1965)
England and Wales · Girls	#417 (1996)	#404 (1997)	#1603 (2024)	29 of 29	988 (1996–2024)	78 (1997)

Bridie by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Bridie in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	291	4 of 10	73
2000sbusiest	382	10 of 10	38
2010s	221	10 of 10	22
2020s	94	5 of 10	19

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 38 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Bridie appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #238 in Republic of Ireland in 1965.

Bridie's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1603	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1525	20	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1569	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1687	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1439	21	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1628	19	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1525	21	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1279	26	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1562	19	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1220	28	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1253	26	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1327	23	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1472	20	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1365	21	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1135	26	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#866	36	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#816	37	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#824	34	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#772	36	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#781	34	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#603	46	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#570	48	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#465	64	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#429	70	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#444	67	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#404	78	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#417	76	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#519	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#438	5	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	5	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	5	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#402	5	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	5	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	5	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	9	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	6	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#238	9	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 50 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #238, first reached in 1965.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 78 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Bridget · #7, 62y
Bridgette · #466, 12y
Bridin · #344, 19y
Brie · #2040, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Olwyn · #236, 53y
Treasa · #240, 45y
Rowena · #245, 53y
Tatjana · #230, 47y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Catharina · #238, 50y
Lucinda · #238, 56y
Mika · #238, 33y
Susannah · #238, 39y

Bridie was ranked #238 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1965. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Bridie and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Bridie without appearing here.

Bridie moved ahead of

Susan Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1628 and #1512 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1649 and #3518.
Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1556 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1525 and #2689.
Sinead Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1687 and #1556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1569 and #2499.
Suzanne Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1472 and #1389 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1327 and #2025.

Moved ahead of Bridie

Matilda Compare
In 2009 they stood at #386 and #488 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #910 and #205.
Anne Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1525 and #1640 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1603 and #1036.
Clodagh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1628 and #1681 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1649 and #1170.
Audrey Compare
In 2007 they stood at #866 and #899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1135 and #691.

Moved the opposite way to Bridie

Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bridie went from #327 to #883 while Alexandra went from #222 to #106.
Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bridie went from #327 to #883 while Annie went from #112 to #46.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bridie went from #327 to #883 while Charlotte went from #171 to #48.
Ciara Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bridie went from #327 to #883 while Ciara went from #146 to #65.

Moved the same way as Bridie

Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bridie went from #327 to #883 and Audrey from #85 to #661.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bridie went from #327 to #883 and Eileen from #17 to #322.
Julia Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bridie went from #327 to #883 and Julia from #42 to #73.
Margaret Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bridie went from #327 to #883 and Margaret from #3 to #190.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #238 in Republic of Ireland in 1965. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bridie

Bridie at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bridie across 2 official records

Bridie by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Bridie appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Bridie and the names beside it

Bridie moved ahead of

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Bridie at a glance

Bridie across 2 official records

Bridie by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Bridie appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Bridie

Bridie and the names beside it

Bridie moved ahead of

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