Girls' name · since 1959
Birgitta
Birgitta has 85 recorded births since 1959 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1961 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 85
- born since 1959
- 1960s
- peak decade
Birgitta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 85 recorded since 1959.
Social Security Administration records show Birgitta recorded 85 times among girls since 1959, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 1991.
- #28,917 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 85 born since 1959
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Birgitta ranks #28,917 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 85 born since 1959, peaking in the 1960s.
- #28,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 85
- born since 1959
- 1960s
- peak decade
Birgitta's 85 recorded births place it above 59.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Birgitta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Birgitta's full recorded timeline at 1966, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1959, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1961 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Birgitta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–1991
- Peak year (1961)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Birgitta by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (63 births, 74% of the file).
1960s was Birgitta's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Birgitta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
63 births
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 63 births (74% of all-time use).
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- Birgitta's decade-level peak was the 1960s (63 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Birgitta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1961)
Similar record span (~32 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1959–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Birgitta draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.