Swedish origin
Source-reportedMeaning: “the exalted one”
Borrowed from Swedish Birgit.
Sources for this account (2)
- Wiktionary: BirgitCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Wikipedia (de): BirgitCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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“the exalted one”
Language contexts for this entry: German, Swedish, Danish and 3 more
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01 / Meaning & origin
Birgit is a feminine given name documented in German, Swedish, Danish and 3 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Swedish Birgit. German Wikipedia gives the meaning “the exalted one”.
3 source accounts
Meaning: “the exalted one”
Borrowed from Swedish Birgit.
Short form of Birgitte and Birgitta.
Short form of Birgitta. First recorded in Sweden in 1879.
02 / Across borders
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8 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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Published statistics
United States, 1992: 6 girls (rank 11738).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1945–2025 Spelling: Birgit
Recorded category girls
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 97 | 62 | observed |
| 1946 | 90 | 75 | observed |
| 1947 | 82 | 76 | observed |
| 1948 | 91 | 68 | observed |
| 1949 | 79 | 76 | observed |
| 1950 | 105 | 63 | observed |
| 1951 | 74 | 80 | observed |
| 1952 | 95 | 69 | observed |
| 1953 | 75 | 81 | observed |
| 1954 | 72 | 81 | observed |
| 1955 | 65 | 85 | observed |
| 1956 | 64 | 89 | observed |
| 1957 | 61 | 94 | observed |
| 1958 | 58 | 96 | observed |
| 1959 | 56 | 97 | observed |
| 1960 | 75 | 81 | observed |
| 1961 | 84 | 81 | observed |
| 1962 | 61 | 96 | observed |
| 1963 | 76 | 84 | observed |
| 1964 | 78 | 87 | observed |
| 1965 | 72 | 94 | observed |
| 1966 | 65 | 99 | observed |
| 1967 | 55 | 106 | observed |
| 1968 | 58 | 106 | observed |
| 1969 | 55 | 121 | observed |
| 1970 | 37 | 147 | observed |
| 1971 | 49 | 124 | observed |
| 1972 | 56 | 120 | observed |
| 1973 | 37 | 156 | observed |
| 1974 | 41 | 155 | observed |
| 1975 | 28 | 181 | observed |
| 1976 | 32 | 165 | observed |
| 1977 | 19 | 238 | observed |
| 1978 | 23 | 212 | observed |
| 1979 | 24 | 207 | observed |
| 1980 | 21 | 231 | observed |
| 1981 | 20 | 239 | observed |
| 1982 | 31 | 181 | observed |
| 1983 | 20 | 236 | observed |
| 1984 | 14 | 312 | observed |
| 1985 | 12 | 363 | observed |
| 1986 | 12 | 357 | observed |
| 1987 | 22 | 238 | observed |
| 1988 | 16 | 303 | observed |
| 1989 | 12 | 366 | observed |
| 1990 | 15 | 321 | observed |
| 1991 | 8 | 449 | observed |
| 1992 | 10 | 396 | observed |
| 1993 | 11 | 364 | observed |
| 1994 | 6 | 502 | observed |
| 1995 | 12 | 323 | observed |
| 1996 | 10 | 367 | observed |
| 1997 | 8 | 411 | observed |
| 1998 | 12 | 317 | observed |
| 1999 | 6 | 485 | observed |
| 2000 | 6 | 487 | observed |
| 2001 | 8 | 407 | observed |
| 2002 | 6 | 485 | observed |
| 2003 | 4 | 575 | observed |
| 2004 | 6 | 465 | observed |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | 4 | 580 | observed |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | 6 | 461 | observed |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Birgit” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
British Columbia — 100 Years of Popular Baby Names (first names used 5 or more times), 1926-2025
Government of British Columbia, Vital Statistics Agency · OGL-BC (Open Government License - British Columbia; version not stated on the page) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
