Birgit
Meaning and origin
Short form of Birgitta. First recorded in Sweden in 1879.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Birgit (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Birgit has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2018. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | 4 |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 2018 | 5 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | 3 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 23,937 |
| 2000 | 23,472 |
| 2001 | 22,988 |
| 2002 | 22,505 |
| 2003 | 22,004 |
| 2004 | 21,495 |
| 2005 | 20,954 |
| 2006 | 20,381 |
| 2007 | 19,761 |
| 2008 | 19,143 |
| 2009 | 18,448 |
| 2010 | 17,793 |
| 2011 | 17,119 |
| 2012 | 16,417 |
| 2013 | 15,707 |
| 2014 | 15,007 |
| 2015 | 14,306 |
| 2016 | 13,587 |
| 2017 | 12,899 |
| 2018 | 12,253 |
| 2019 | 11,665 |
| 2020 | 10,935 |
Birgit in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Birgit.Hi! My name is Birgit.
- Birgit har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Birgit has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Birgit kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Birgit is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Birgits mamma är lärare.Birgit's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Birgits mamma is Birgit's mum.
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Questions about Birgit
How do you pronounce Birgit in Swedish?
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What does the name Birgit mean?
Short form of Birgitta. First recorded in Sweden in 1879.
How popular is Birgit in Sweden?
3 babies were named Birgit in 2022. In 2020, 10,935 people in Sweden had Birgit as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2018 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.