Birgit
Birgit is a female given name, a short form of Birgitta and ultimately a Germanic form of the Gaelic name Bridget.
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- Estonian
Meaning & Origin of Birgit
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Birgit is a female given name, a short form of Birgitta and ultimately a Germanic form of the Gaelic name Bridget.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Danish
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Estonian
- German
The Story of Birgit
American parents first put Birgit on the record books as a baby girl name in 1934, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1960, when 25 Birgits were born — ranking #2,368 that year. About 65% of every Birgit on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Birgit last appeared in the published SSA data in 1992, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 280 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Birgit
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Names that sound like Birgit
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About the name Birgit
Birgit is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1934 and has accumulated 280 births in the dataset. Birgit's peak popularity came in 1960 when it ranked #2,368. Use the chart and map above to compare Birgit's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.