Brigid

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Brigid: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #26, and it stood at #544 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
78times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#26highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#2738
1998	#3848
1999	#2770
2000	#3912
2002	#3409
2005	#4798
2007	#4294
2009	#5556
2020	#5493
2021	#5581
2023	#4709

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 57 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #407 among girls in Northern Ireland, #736 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #29 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 recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #26 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1965 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #544 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Brigid appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 57 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 3,185 births with the name.

Brigid across 3 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.

Brigid'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	#29 (1964)	#26 (1965)	#544 (2025)	57 of 62	3,185 (1964–2025)	293 (1965)
England and Wales · Girls	#2096 (1996)	#2096 (1996)	#4709 (2023)	12 of 28	47 (1996–2023)	7 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#248 (2000)	#407 (2024)	9 of 28	36 (1997–2024)	5 (1999)

Brigid by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Brigid in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	1,330	6 of 10	222
1970s	983	10 of 10	98
1980s	454	10 of 10	45
1990s	315	10 of 10	32
2000s	60	10 of 10	6
2010s	21	6 of 10	4
2020s	22	5 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 222 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1966 and 1967, when recorded births fell by 116, from 278 to 162.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Brigid 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 3 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #26 in Republic of Ireland in 1966.

Brigid'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
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#407	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#350	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#333	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#327	5	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#286	4	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#248	5	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#259	5	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#544	6	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#736	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#625	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#629	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#641	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	9	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#549	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#367	10	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	7	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	8	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	8	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#229	12	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#156	30	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#170	28	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#90	62	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#116	45	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#130	40	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#148	36	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#171	26	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#172	28	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#118	47	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#136	41	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#138	41	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#123	47	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#162	34	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	38	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#140	49	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#136	53	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#144	47	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#134	57	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#121	64	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#115	66	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#108	71	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#116	69	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#100	83	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#99	87	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#92	92	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#69	126	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#55	157	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#50	168	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#47	179	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#53	146	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#42	162	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#26	278	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#26	293	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#29	272	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 3 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 58 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #26, first reached in 1965.

It held a top-100 place in 13 years, 12 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 293 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1965.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 33 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.

Brien · #176, 11y
Bright · #596, 19y
Brinley · #1629, 27y
Brion · #290, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Eimear · #26, 62y
Dermot · #30, 60y
Brendon · #31, 57y
Cathal · #31, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Eimear · #26, 62y
Julian · #26, 62y
Kieran · #26, 62y
Aine · #27, 61y

Brigid was ranked #26 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.

Brigid 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 Brigid without appearing here.

Brigid moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5581 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #5687.
Cheryl Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #5687.
Donna Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5581 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #5687.
Josefine Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Brigid

Karin Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4294 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #2759.
Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2738 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #1392.
Meabh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4294 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #3447.
Cameron Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2096 and #2350 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #2738 and #983.

Moved the opposite way to Brigid

Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Brigid went from #29 to #544 while Annie went from #112 to #33.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Brigid went from #29 to #544 while Charlotte went from #171 to #43.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Brigid went from #29 to #544 while Clodagh went from #149 to #47.
Emily Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Brigid went from #29 to #544 while Emily went from #180 to #6.

Moved the same way as Brigid

Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Brigid went from #29 to #544 and Audrey from #85 to #885.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Brigid went from #29 to #544 and Eileen from #17 to #443.
Ida Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Brigid went from #29 to #544 and Ida from #372 to #885.
Julia Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Brigid went from #29 to #544 and Julia from #42 to #118.

What's not yet available

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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 3 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #26 in Republic of Ireland in 1966. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Brigid

Brigid at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Brigid across 3 official records

Brigid by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Brigid appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Brigid and the names beside it

Brigid moved ahead of

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Brigid at a glance

Brigid across 3 official records

Brigid by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Brigid 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 Brigid

Brigid and the names beside it

Brigid moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Brigid

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