Bergen
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- BUR-gen
- Origin
- Old Norse
- US rank, 2025
- #4,660 for girls
Bergen is a name of Old Norse origin, meaning “mountain meadow”. In 2025 it ranked 4,660th for girls in the US (29 babies).
What does Bergen mean?
Old Norse: from the Norwegian city of Bergen, Old Norse Bjorgvin
“mountain meadow”
Bergen, on Norway's west coast, was the country's capital in the 13th century.
Is Bergen a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Bergen has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 29 girls and 8 boys in the US.
How popular is Bergen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,660th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29 about 1 in 55,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 126% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the US were named Bergen, making it the 4,660th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. It first appears in the records in 1979. 8 boys were also named Bergen in 2025 (8,906th for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Bergen of any year since it first appeared, in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Bergen in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 57% of the babies named Bergen in the US in 1999, and 78% in 2025.
Bergen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
Names like Bergen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brooklyn, Teagan, Eden, Brynn, Heaven, Hayden, Brynlee, Rowan, Braelynn, Reagan, Brielle, Logan
Names related to Bergen
More Old Norse names
Freya, Ronnie, Ralph, Eric, Astrid, Colby, Rafe, Odin, Ralphie, Erik, Freyja, Erick, Bo, Ronald, Bjorn, Erica
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bergen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bergen, updated 20 October 2026.