Berit
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BEH-rit
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Berit is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “exalted one”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Berit mean?
Irish: Scandinavian form of Birgitta, from Brigid
“exalted one”
A Norwegian and Danish form of Birgitta, which derives from the Irish Brigid.
Is Berit a girl's or a boy's name?
Berit is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Berit in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Berit, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1958.
2025 had fewer girls named Berit than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Berit in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Berit in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
Names like Berit
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Bailey Scarlett Zoe Chloe Brielle Mia Peyton Reagan Gianna Rory Bridget Giselle
Names related to Berit
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Maeve Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey Kennedy
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, “Berit: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/berit, updated 20 October 2026.