Berit — #9644 US girls' name
670 babies named Berit in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 45% of names given to girls today.
27% of everyone ever named Berit was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Berit in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Berit
The Social Security Administration has registered 670 babies named Berit between 1958 and 2024, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Berit currently holds the #9644 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Berit performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 181 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Berit shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 72 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Berit in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Berit in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 670 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Berit at a glance
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Current rank
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Berit popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1958
- Peak year (2006)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 67 years of records
Currently ranks #9644 among girls.
670 total births across 67 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 25 births in a single year.
Berit by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 181 births that decade — 27% of Berit's all-time total
Berit decade highlights
- Peak decade 181 births
- Runner-up 122 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Berit's strongest decade
181 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Berit by state
Where Berit concentrates geographically — total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 72 | 10.7% |
72 of 670 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 10.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 10.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1958–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.