How Many People Are Named Berit?

657

people named Berit are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 520,220 people in the US has this name

Based on 677 babies named Berit in Social Security records from 1958 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#13,891

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#7,905

See the top 100

Peak Year

2006

25 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronunciation: BE-rit (Swedish)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Variant of BIRGIT.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Berit in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Berit alive today is about 27 years old, and 63% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 39 in 2025.

Under 30 415
63.3%
30 to 59 192
29.3%
60 and over 49
7.5%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Berit first appears in the records in 1958 and was given most often in 2006, to 25 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1958 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Berit has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #4,047, in 1959. In 2025 it ranked #12,111.

Girls
Rank in 2025#12,111
Best rank#4,047 (1959)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#6,607 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Berit alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Berit were born in Minnesota than in any other state: about 71 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Berit was given about 59.2 times as often in Minnesota.

Minnesota 71

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