Birgitta — girls' name
85 babies named Birgitta in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
74% of everyone ever named Birgitta was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Birgitta in 1961 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Birgitta
The Social Security Administration has registered 85 babies named Birgitta between 1959 and 1991, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Birgitta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Birgitta performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Birgitta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Birgitta 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 85 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.
Birgitta at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Birgitta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1959
- Peak year (1961)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
85 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 12 births in a single year.
Birgitta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 63 births that decade — 74% of Birgitta's all-time total
Birgitta decade highlights
- Peak decade 63 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Birgitta's strongest decade
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 74% of all-time use.
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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, 1959–1991 (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.