How Many People Are Named Birgitta?

76

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

About 1 in 4,497,169 people in the US has this name

Based on 85 babies named Birgitta in Social Security records from 1959 to 1991, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#42,054

💎💎 Very Rare

Population Percentage

0.0000%

Of US population

Peak Year

1961

12 births

Trend

1991

Last year given

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish
Pronunciation: bir-YIT-tah (Swedish), bir-GIT-tah (Swedish), BEER-geet-tah (Finnish)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Most likely a Scandinavian form of BRIDGET via the Latinized form Brigitta. Alternatively it could be a feminine derivative of BIRGER. This is the name of the patron saint of Europe, Birgitta of Sweden, the 14th-century founder of the Bridgettine nuns. Her father's name was Birger.

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

âš§ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

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

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Birgitta alive today is about 58 years old, and 55% are between 30 and 59.

Under 30 0
0%
30 to 59 42
54.5%
60 and over 35
45.5%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Birgitta first appears in the records in 1959 and was given most often in 1961, to 12 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1991.

Babies given the name each year, 1959 to 1991

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