# Birgit (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/birgit/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 280 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 280 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 10 | 4,291 |
| 1963 | 23 | 2,551 |
| 1964 | 20 | 2,832 |
| 1965 | 19 | 2,845 |
| 1966 | 17 | 3,049 |
| 1967 | 16 | 3,219 |
| 1968 | 18 | 3,067 |
| 1969 | 16 | 3,476 |
| 1970 | 11 | 4,782 |
| 1971 | 11 | 4,836 |
| 1972 | 9 | 5,514 |
| 1973 | 8 | 6,143 |
| 1976 | 9 | 6,092 |
| 1980 | 5 | 10,560 |
| 1992 | 6 | 11,925 |

## People named Birgit

- Birgit Sarrap, Estonian singer (born 1988)
- Birgit Prinz, German footballer (born 1977)
- Birgit Fischer, East German kayaker
- Birgit Minichmayr, Austrian actress and singer
- Birgit Peter, East German rower
- Birgit Jürgenssen, Austrian photographer (1949-2003)
- Birgit Schütz, East German rower
- Birgit Malsack-Winkemann, German far-right politician
- Birgit Treiber, East German swimmer
- Birgit Hahn, German field hockey player
- Birgit Meineke, East German swimmer
- Birgit Hagen, German field hockey player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.