Birgitta

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Birgitta: Recorded since 1948, it reached #298 in 1963, and it was last ranked in 1979.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
32years from first to last
#298highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1948–1979

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1948	#318
1950	#359
1952	#341
1954	#338
1956	#389
1959	#349
1960	#393
1961	#335
1962	#440
1963	#298
1964	#302
1965	#368
1966	#389
1967	#344
1968	#323
1969	#539
1970	#521
1971	#565
1972	#384
1974	#593
1977	#592
1979	#560

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 22 of the 32 years from 1948 to 1979.

Official data for Norway, 1948–1979 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1948
First recorded at #318 among girls in Norway in 1948 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1948–1979
Highest recorded position: #298 among girls in Norway, in 1963 (recorded 1948–1979).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1979
Most recently recorded at #560 among girls in Norway, in 1979.
Norway · Girls

Birgitta 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 Birgitta in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	7	1 of 10	7
1950s	31	5 of 10	6
1960sbusiest	80	10 of 10	8
1970s	31	6 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Birgitta 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 1948 to 1979. Highest recorded position: #298 in Norway in 1963.

Birgitta'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
1979	Norway	female	#560	5	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#592	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#593	4	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#384	9	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#565	4	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#521	5	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#539	4	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#323	11	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#344	9	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#389	7	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#368	8	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#302	11	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#298	11	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#440	5	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#335	8	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#349	7	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#389	5	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#338	7	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#341	7	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#359	5	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#318	7	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 1948 and 1979, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #298, first reached in 1963.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in Norway in 1963.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 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.

Birger · #72, 79y
Birgit · #62, 62y
Birgitte · #86, 69y
Birk · #18, 35y

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.

Ireneusz · #298, 26y
Bjørge · #296, 27y
Lorentz · #296, 21y
Gudbrand · #301, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Bjørn-Erik · #300, 35y
Gyda · #296, 47y
Lorentz · #296, 21y
Bertha · #295, 11y

Birgitta was ranked #298 in Norway · Girls in 1963. 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.

Birgitta 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 Birgitta without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Birgitta

Maja Compare
In 1973 they stood at #384 and #441 in Norway · Girls; by 1974 that had become #593 and #252.
Jessica Compare
In 1973 they stood at #384 and #476 in Norway · Girls; by 1974 that had become #593 and #292.
Kim Compare
In 1968 they stood at #323 and #329 in Norway · Girls; by 1969 that had become #539 and #251.
Mina Compare
In 1973 they stood at #384 and #398 in Norway · Girls; by 1974 that had become #593 and #323.

Moved the opposite way to Birgitta

Anette Compare
Between 1948 and 1979 in Norway · Girls, Birgitta went from #318 to #560 while Anette went from #357 to #18.
Anita Compare
Between 1948 and 1979 in Norway · Girls, Birgitta went from #318 to #560 while Anita went from #131 to #16.
Ann Compare
Between 1948 and 1979 in Norway · Girls, Birgitta went from #318 to #560 while Ann went from #59 to #23.
Anna Compare
Between 1948 and 1979 in Norway · Girls, Birgitta went from #318 to #560 while Anna went from #50 to #21.

Moved the same way as Birgitta

Ada Compare
Between 1948 and 1979 in Norway · Girls, Birgitta went from #318 to #560 and Ada from #224 to #547.
Alma Compare
Between 1948 and 1979 in Norway · Girls, Birgitta went from #318 to #560 and Alma from #316 to #499.
Annie Compare
Between 1948 and 1979 in Norway · Girls, Birgitta went from #318 to #560 and Annie from #203 to #406.
Åse Compare
Between 1948 and 1979 in Norway · Girls, Birgitta went from #318 to #560 and Åse from #26 to #103.

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.

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1948 to 1979. Highest recorded position: #298 in Norway in 1963. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Birgitta

Birgitta at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Birgitta by decade in Norway · Girls

Birgitta appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Birgitta and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Birgitta

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Birgitta at a glance

Birgitta by decade in Norway · Girls

Birgitta appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Birgitta

Birgitta and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Birgitta

Moved the opposite way to Birgitta

Moved the same way as Birgitta