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01 / Meaning & origin
Birgitte is a feminine given name documented in English, French, Spanish and 4 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Norwegian Birgitte via Danish.
Borrowed from Danish Birgitte and Norwegian Birgitte.
02 / Across borders
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5 countries with official statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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United States, 1959: 5 girls (rank 6245). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1945–2025 Spelling: Birgitte
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 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | 5 | 365 | observed |
| 1947 | 5 | 361 | observed |
| 1948 | 6 | 337 | observed |
| 1949 | 9 | 280 | observed |
| 1950 | 6 | 337 | observed |
| 1951 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1952 | 8 | 317 | observed |
| 1953 | 6 | 358 | observed |
| 1954 | 10 | 274 | observed |
| 1955 | 11 | 275 | observed |
| 1956 | 17 | 208 | observed |
| 1957 | 19 | 190 | observed |
| 1958 | 21 | 181 | observed |
| 1959 | 21 | 177 | observed |
| 1960 | 24 | 165 | observed |
| 1961 | 32 | 136 | observed |
| 1962 | 45 | 116 | observed |
| 1963 | 45 | 119 | observed |
| 1964 | 61 | 101 | observed |
| 1965 | 54 | 109 | observed |
| 1966 | 76 | 93 | observed |
| 1967 | 82 | 90 | observed |
| 1968 | 74 | 94 | observed |
| 1969 | 61 | 113 | observed |
| 1970 | 69 | 104 | observed |
| 1971 | 62 | 111 | observed |
| 1972 | 86 | 88 | observed |
| 1973 | 65 | 105 | observed |
| 1974 | 75 | 91 | observed |
| 1975 | 73 | 95 | observed |
| 1976 | 69 | 92 | observed |
| 1977 | 69 | 91 | observed |
| 1978 | 66 | 103 | observed |
| 1979 | 39 | 149 | observed |
| 1980 | 45 | 138 | observed |
| 1981 | 64 | 106 | observed |
| 1982 | 54 | 122 | observed |
| 1983 | 68 | 103 | observed |
| 1984 | 50 | 131 | observed |
| 1985 | 64 | 106 | observed |
| 1986 | 45 | 150 | observed |
| 1987 | 48 | 143 | observed |
| 1988 | 66 | 112 | observed |
| 1989 | 61 | 128 | observed |
| 1990 | 99 | 86 | observed |
| 1991 | 72 | 116 | observed |
| 1992 | 56 | 130 | observed |
| 1993 | 55 | 134 | observed |
| 1994 | 63 | 115 | observed |
| 1995 | 61 | 123 | observed |
| 1996 | 46 | 147 | observed |
| 1997 | 46 | 142 | observed |
| 1998 | 46 | 141 | observed |
| 1999 | 28 | 191 | observed |
| 2000 | 28 | 184 | observed |
| 2001 | 30 | 174 | observed |
| 2002 | 20 | 231 | observed |
| 2003 | 22 | 226 | observed |
| 2004 | 9 | 393 | observed |
| 2005 | 9 | 399 | observed |
| 2006 | 7 | 465 | observed |
| 2007 | 7 | 463 | observed |
| 2008 | 6 | 494 | observed |
| 2009 | 7 | 472 | observed |
| 2010 | 6 | 510 | observed |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | 5 | 510 | observed |
| 2013 | 5 | 516 | observed |
| 2014 | 7 | 444 | observed |
| 2015 | 4 | 542 | observed |
| 2016 | 5 | 502 | observed |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 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 “Birgitte” 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
Read our methodology04 / Through time
No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.
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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
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · 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
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
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.
