Birgit

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Birgit: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #62, and it was last ranked in 2017.

1registrar recorded it
62times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#62highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–2017

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#62
1946	#75
1947	#76
1948	#68
1949	#76
1950	#63
1951	#80
1952	#69
1953	#81
1954	#81
1955	#85
1956	#89
1957	#94
1958	#96
1959	#98
1960	#81
1961	#81
1962	#96
1963	#84
1964	#87
1965	#95
1966	#99
1967	#106
1968	#106
1969	#121
1970	#147
1971	#124
1972	#121
1973	#156
1974	#157
1975	#181
1976	#167
1977	#239
1978	#213
1979	#208
1980	#232
1981	#241
1982	#181
1983	#237
1984	#316
1985	#366
1986	#361
1987	#238
1988	#305
1989	#367
1990	#323
1991	#454
1992	#398
1993	#368
1994	#512
1995	#325
1996	#371
1997	#417
1998	#320
1999	#493
2000	#495
2001	#411
2002	#490
2003	#584
2004	#468
2010	#583
2017	#465

VerifiedSource: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name.Confidence: high.

See all Norway names · Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name

What the data shows

FallingNorway · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 62 of the 73 years from 1945 to 2017.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2017 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #62 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2017
Highest recorded position: #62 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2017).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #465 among girls in Norway, in 2017.
Norway · Girls

Birgit by decade in Norway · 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 Birgit in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	439	5 of 10	88
1950s	725	10 of 10	73
1960s	679	10 of 10	68
1970s	346	10 of 10	35
1980s	180	10 of 10	18
1990s	98	10 of 10	10
2000s	30	5 of 10	6
2010s	10	2 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 88 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1950 and 1951, when recorded births fell by 31, from 105 to 74.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Birgit appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #62 in Norway in 1945.

Birgit'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
2017	Norway	female	#465	6	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#583	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#468	6	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#584	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#490	6	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#411	8	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#495	6	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#493	6	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#320	12	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#417	8	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#371	10	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#325	12	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#512	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#368	11	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#398	10	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#454	8	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#323	15	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#367	12	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#305	16	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#238	22	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#361	12	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#366	12	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#316	14	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#237	20	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#181	31	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#241	20	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#232	21	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#208	24	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#213	23	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#239	19	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#167	32	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#181	28	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#157	41	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#156	37	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#121	56	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#124	49	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#147	37	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#121	55	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#106	58	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#106	55	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#99	65	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#95	72	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#87	78	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#84	76	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#96	61	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#81	84	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#81	75	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#98	56	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#96	58	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#94	61	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#89	64	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#85	65	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#81	72	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#81	75	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#69	95	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#80	74	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#63	105	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#76	79	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#68	91	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#76	82	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#75	90	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#62	97	High	Verified

Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1945 and 2017, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #62, first reached in 1945.

It held a top-100 place in 22 years, 22 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 105 births, registered in Norway in 1950.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

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.

Birdie · #610, 11y
Birger · #72, 79y
Birgitta · #298, 22y
Birgitte · #86, 69y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Willy · #63, 67y
Vebjørn · #60, 65y
Bendik · #56, 58y
Arve · #55, 64y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Bård · #62, 70y
Eric · #62, 76y
Jill · #62, 71y
Aslaug · #63, 52y

Birgit was ranked #62 in Norway · Girls in 1945. 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.

Birgit 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 Birgit without appearing here.

Birgit moved ahead of

Turid Compare
In 1994 they stood at #512 and #295 in Norway · Girls; by 1995 that had become #325 and #556.
Torill Compare
In 1994 they stood at #512 and #460 in Norway · Girls; by 1995 that had become #325 and #470.
Unni Compare
In 1985 they stood at #366 and #285 in Norway · Girls; by 1986 that had become #361 and #492.
Sissel Compare
In 1997 they stood at #417 and #360 in Norway · Girls; by 1998 that had become #320 and #445.

Moved ahead of Birgit

Ava Compare
In 2009 they stood at #468 and #512 in Norway · Girls; by 2010 that had become #583 and #200.
Zara Compare
In 2009 they stood at #468 and #554 in Norway · Girls; by 2010 that had become #583 and #299.
Josephine Compare
In 2002 they stood at #490 and #621 in Norway · Girls; by 2003 that had become #584 and #329.
Lily Compare
In 2002 they stood at #411 and #422 in Norway · Girls; by 2003 that had become #584 and #362.

Moved the opposite way to Birgit

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 2017 in Norway · Girls, Birgit went from #62 to #465 while Ada went from #229 to #24.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 2017 in Norway · Girls, Birgit went from #62 to #465 while Alma went from #293 to #12.
Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 2017 in Norway · Girls, Birgit went from #62 to #465 while Anna went from #38 to #9.
Elise Compare
Between 1945 and 2017 in Norway · Girls, Birgit went from #62 to #465 while Elise went from #223 to #42.

Moved the same way as Birgit

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 2017 in Norway · Girls, Birgit went from #62 to #465 and Anita from #162 to #419.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2017 in Norway · Girls, Birgit went from #62 to #465 and Anne from #1 to #115.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 2017 in Norway · Girls, Birgit went from #62 to #465 and Annie from #180 to #301.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 2017 in Norway · Girls, Birgit went from #62 to #465 and Åse from #25 to #204.

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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.

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #62 in Norway in 1945. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Birgit

Birgit at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Birgit by decade in Norway · Girls

Birgit appears in

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Birgit at a glance

Birgit by decade in Norway · Girls

Birgit appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Birgit and the names beside it

Birgit moved ahead of

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