Girl name#1,948 of girl names
Brigette
Pronounced B R IH1 G EH1 T T IY1 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1968
- 72 years in use
How popular is Brigette?
Brigette is a girls' name, and first appears in 1953. It has been given to 5,712 children — the 1,948th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 135 births across the past decade, against a peak of 185 in a single year. That peak was in 1968.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- B R IH1 G EH1 T T IY1
- Stress pattern:
- 111
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Brigette
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Brigette
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Brigette?
- Brigette ranks 1,948th among girls' names in US records, with 5,712 births since 1953. Over the past decade it accounts for 135.
- Is Brigette a unisex name?
- No. Brigette is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Brigette most popular?
- 1968, when 185 children were given the name. It has been in use for 72 years and is still recorded as of 2024.