Signe
Signe was given to 8 girls in 2025, #11,785 among girls’ names; 3,003 Americans have been recorded with it since 1884 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,440 Americans named Signe and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (48% of everyone recorded); the median is 45 years old and half are between 20 and 70.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Signe by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Signe mean?
Wiktionary, Swedish section
Signe is “a female given name”
First recorded in Sweden in 1382. From Old Norse Signý. In Norse mythology the name of a princess who killed herself after her lover’s death.
Meaning: Wiktionary, Swedish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Signe?
#11,785 among girls’ names, 2025
Signe fell from #5,635 in 2015 to #11,785 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 13.4 to 5.0 per million.
67 babies in 1915, the peak
Signe peaked in 1915, when 67 girls were given it, #807 among girls’ names. The 8 births of 2025 are 12% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #11,785 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,608 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,996 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,948 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,644 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,598 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 14 | #8,078 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,438 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,500 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 21 | #6,162 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (141)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 24 | #5,635 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,894 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,685 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,751 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,904 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 22 | #6,157 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,301 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 23 | #6,110 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,294 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,437 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,757 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,340 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,844 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,651 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,917 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 18 | #6,173 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,870 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,468 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,830 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 20 | #5,027 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,583 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 15 | #6,271 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,625 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 13 | #7,008 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 15 | #6,205 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,503 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,940 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,604 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 12 | #6,282 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 10 | #7,058 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,883 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 11 | #6,228 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,778 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,695 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,535 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 6 | #10,197 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 14 | #5,060 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 10 | #6,323 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 6 | #9,468 | under 0.01 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,653 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,453 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,709 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,324 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,260 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 7 | #7,259 | under 0.01 |
| 1970 | 22 | #3,095 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,747 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 20 | #2,960 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,815 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 18 | #3,025 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,712 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 23 | #2,659 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 23 | #2,606 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,525 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,172 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 23 | #2,562 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 22 | #2,507 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 20 | #2,652 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 28 | #2,110 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 25 | #2,237 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,215 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,941 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 21 | #2,354 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 39 | #1,556 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 39 | #1,523 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 43 | #1,406 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 34 | #1,623 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 38 | #1,514 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 46 | #1,371 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 36 | #1,477 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,445 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,861 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 17 | #2,236 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,753 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 17 | #2,088 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 17 | #2,023 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,114 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,903 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,435 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 9 | #3,074 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,388 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 9 | #3,126 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,384 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,475 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,293 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,669 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,718 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,605 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,879 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,988 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,842 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 25 | #1,759 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,514 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 26 | #1,675 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 44 | #1,166 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 54 | #1,017 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 40 | #1,190 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 51 | #1,015 | 0.04 |
| 1917 | 52 | #973 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 42 | #1,097 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 67 | #807 | 0.07 |
| 1914 | 45 | #876 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 46 | #780 | 0.07 |
| 1912 | 43 | #768 | 0.08 |
| 1911 | 37 | #720 | 0.09 |
| 1910 | 31 | #780 | 0.08 |
| 1909 | 31 | #730 | 0.09 |
| 1908 | 25 | #785 | 0.07 |
| 1907 | 27 | #736 | 0.08 |
| 1906 | 28 | #700 | 0.09 |
| 1905 | 27 | #697 | 0.09 |
| 1904 | 20 | #832 | 0.07 |
| 1903 | 29 | #626 | 0.11 |
| 1902 | 19 | #816 | 0.07 |
| 1901 | 20 | #743 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 28 | #687 | 0.09 |
| 1899 | 21 | #700 | 0.09 |
| 1898 | 24 | #676 | 0.09 |
| 1897 | 29 | #564 | 0.12 |
| 1896 | 24 | #649 | 0.10 |
| 1895 | 23 | #657 | 0.10 |
| 1894 | 23 | #625 | 0.10 |
| 1893 | 27 | #545 | 0.13 |
| 1892 | 30 | #502 | 0.14 |
| 1891 | 12 | #834 | 0.06 |
| 1890 | 15 | #723 | 0.08 |
| 1889 | 15 | #684 | 0.08 |
| 1888 | 13 | #751 | 0.07 |
| 1887 | 9 | #847 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 6 | #1,086 | 0.04 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,159 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Signe a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Signe has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 141 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Signe: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Signe, and how old are they?
1,440 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 48% of the 3,003 Americans ever recorded as Signe. The median Signe alive today is 45 years old; half are between 20 and 70.
The 2020 Census counted 1,626 people named Signe (1,620 women and girls, 6 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,461 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 93 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 420 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 202 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 202 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 292 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 226 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Signe born?
The states with the most babies named Signe are Minnesota, California and Michigan, with 74% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Minnesota is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 249 | not ranked | 4.8× |
| California | 77 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 49 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Washington | 26 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Wisconsin | 26 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Massachusetts | 25 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| North Dakota | 19 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Illinois | 18 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| New York | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Oregon | 7 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Signe is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Signe is most over-represented in Minnesota: since 1910 it was given 4.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Signe with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 3,414 babies since 1880, Signe is the most given (88% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Signe
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Signe and names like it
- Compare Signe and SignaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sSigne peaked in 1915.
- Minnesota’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Signe since 1910.
- Swedish namesWiktionary’s origin for Signe: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1915The year the most babies were named Signe.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Signe alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with SMost given first.