Signe
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SIG-nee
- Origin
- Old Norse
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Signe is a girls' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “new victory”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Signe mean?
Old Norse: Scandinavian form of Signý
“new victory”
In the Völsunga saga, Signý is the twin sister of the hero Sigmund.
Is Signe a girl's or a boy's name?
Signe is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Signe in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Signe, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 1915, with 67 girls. It first appears in the records in 1884.
2025 had fewer girls named Signe than any year since 1980.
Half of all the girls named Signe in the US since 1880 were born between 1915 and 1978, the years shaded on the chart below.
Signe in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,539 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,177 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 22 | #3,030 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,618 |
| 1968 | 20 | #2,874 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,655 |
| 1966 | 18 | #2,936 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 23 | #2,599 |
| 1963 | 23 | #2,542 |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,462 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,059 |
| 1960 | 23 | #2,511 |
| 1959 | 22 | #2,457 |
| 1958 | 20 | #2,580 |
| 1957 | 28 | #2,066 |
| 1956 | 25 | #2,193 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,155 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,908 |
| 1953 | 21 | #2,300 |
| 1952 | 39 | #1,539 |
| 1951 | 39 | #1,504 |
| 1950 | 43 | #1,395 |
| 1949 | 34 | #1,602 |
| 1948 | 38 | #1,498 |
| 1947 | 46 | #1,356 |
| 1946 | 36 | #1,466 |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,417 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,807 |
| 1943 | 17 | #2,150 |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,705 |
| 1941 | 17 | #2,018 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,038 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,317 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,154 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,274 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,363 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,586 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,496 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,827 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,931 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,794 |
| 1924 | 25 | #1,723 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,490 |
| 1922 | 26 | #1,646 |
| 1921 | 44 | #1,148 |
| 1920 | 54 | #1,005 |
| 1919 | 40 | #1,177 |
| 1918 | 51 | #1,005 |
| 1917 | 52 | #964 |
| 1916 | 42 | #1,087 |
| 1915 | 67 | #802 |
| 1914 | 45 | #870 |
| 1913 | 46 | #776 |
| 1912 | 43 | #763 |
| 1911 | 37 | #714 |
| 1910 | 31 | #768 |
| 1909 | 31 | #719 |
| 1908 | 25 | #768 |
| 1907 | 27 | #726 |
| 1906 | 28 | #689 |
| 1905 | 27 | #683 |
| 1904 | 20 | #805 |
| 1903 | 29 | #607 |
| 1902 | 19 | #797 |
| 1901 | 20 | #723 |
| 1900 | 28 | #676 |
| 1899 | 21 | #680 |
| 1898 | 24 | #666 |
| 1897 | 29 | #554 |
| 1896 | 24 | #635 |
| 1895 | 23 | #638 |
| 1894 | 23 | #609 |
| 1893 | 27 | #535 |
| 1892 | 30 | #498 |
| 1891 | 12 | #796 |
| 1890 | 15 | #693 |
| 1889 | 15 | #657 |
| 1888 | 13 | #724 |
| 1887 | 9 | #788 |
| 1886 | 6 | #993 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,024 |
Names like Signe
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alice, Estelle, Olive, Lucille, Florence, Louise, Elsie, Irene, Josephine, Stella, Adele, Sadie
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, “Signe: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/signe, updated 20 October 2026.