Signe
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · girls
- 1892 · 30 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,003since 1884
Signe over time
Rank among girls' names. Signe has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 |
| 2024 | #6,394 | 18 |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 |
| 2022 | #6,707 | 17 |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 |
| 2020 | #6,325 | 18 |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 |
| 2018 | #5,315 | 24 |
| 2017 | #6,287 | 19 |
| 2016 | #5,985 | 21 |
| 2015 | #5,458 | 24 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 |
| 2012 | #7,456 | 16 |
| 2011 | #5,728 | 23 |
| 2010 | #5,977 | 22 |
| 2009 | #7,066 | 18 |
| 2008 | #5,955 | 23 |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 |
| 2005 | #5,600 | 22 |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 |
| 1996 | #4,883 | 20 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | #3,540 | 19 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 |
| 1972 | #3,177 | 20 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
| 1970 | #3,030 | 22 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 |
| 1968 | #2,874 | 20 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 |
| 1966 | #2,937 | 18 |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 |
| 1964 | #2,600 | 23 |
| 1963 | #2,543 | 23 |
| 1962 | #2,463 | 24 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 |
| 1960 | #2,512 | 23 |
| 1959 | #2,458 | 22 |
| 1958 | #2,581 | 20 |
| 1957 | #2,067 | 28 |
| 1956 | #2,194 | 25 |
| 1955 | #2,156 | 25 |
| 1954 | #1,909 | 30 |
| 1953 | #2,301 | 21 |
| 1952 | #1,540 | 39 |
| 1951 | #1,505 | 39 |
| 1950 | #1,396 | 43 |
| 1949 | #1,603 | 34 |
| 1948 | #1,499 | 38 |
| 1947 | #1,357 | 46 |
| 1946 | #1,467 | 36 |
| 1945 | #1,418 | 32 |
| 1944 | #1,808 | 22 |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 |
| 1942 | #1,706 | 24 |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 |
| 1940 | #1,965 | 17 |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 |
| 1927 | #1,828 | 22 |
| 1926 | #1,932 | 20 |
| 1925 | #1,795 | 23 |
| 1924 | #1,723 | 25 |
| 1923 | #1,490 | 30 |
| 1922 | #1,646 | 26 |
| 1921 | #1,148 | 44 |
| 1920 | #1,005 | 54 |
| 1919 | #1,177 | 40 |
| 1918 | #1,005 | 51 |
| 1917 | #964 | 52 |
| 1916 | #1,087 | 42 |
| 1915 | #802 | 67 |
| 1914 | #870 | 45 |
| 1913 | #776 | 46 |
| 1912 | #763 | 43 |
| 1911 | #714 | 37 |
| 1910 | #768 | 31 |
| 1909 | #719 | 31 |
| 1908 | #768 | 25 |
| 1907 | #726 | 27 |
| 1906 | #689 | 28 |
| 1905 | #683 | 27 |
| 1904 | #805 | 20 |
| 1903 | #607 | 29 |
| 1902 | #797 | 19 |
| 1901 | #723 | 20 |
| 1900 | #676 | 28 |
| 1899 | #680 | 21 |
| 1898 | #666 | 24 |
| 1897 | #554 | 29 |
| 1896 | #635 | 24 |
| 1895 | #638 | 23 |
| 1894 | #609 | 23 |
| 1893 | #535 | 27 |
| 1892 | #498 | 30 |
| 1891 | #796 | 12 |
| 1890 | #693 | 15 |
| 1889 | #657 | 15 |
| 1888 | #724 | 13 |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Signe! It came in at #1,024, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Signe is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Minnesota#260 · 1 in 1,968
Best ever in a state: #127 in Minnesota, 1910.
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| Minnesota | #260 | 11 | 1 in 1,968 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Signe
- 4,523 spots since 2024 (#6,394 → #10,917)
- 4,592 spots since 2020 (#6,325 → #10,917)
- 5,459 spots since 2015 (#5,458 → #10,917)
- Biggest jump: 298 spots in 1892 (#796 → #498)
- Biggest drop: 285 spots in 1916 (#802 → #1,087)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1892 at #498 (30 births)
- Births halved by 1928, 36 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1886–1915
- Highest: 1 in 7,078 girls born in 1892 were named Signe (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 15.1% of all girls named Signe (454) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 48 | #657 (1889) | #837 |
| 1890s | 228 | #498 (1892) | #630 |
| 1900s | 254 | #607 (1903) | #719 |
| 1910s | 454 | #714 (1911) | #893 |
| 1920s | 269 | #1,005 (1920) | #1,765 |
| 1930s | 117 | #2,038 (1939) | #2,542 |
| 1940s | 283 | #1,357 (1947) | #1,699 |
| 1950s | 292 | #1,396 (1950) | #2,011 |
| 1960s | 189 | #2,463 (1962) | #2,981 |
| 1970s | 133 | #3,030 (1970) | #5,029 |
| 1980s | 110 | #4,527 (1982) | #6,378 |
| 1990s | 152 | #4,883 (1996) | #6,145 |
| 2000s | 186 | #5,600 (2005) | #6,446 |
| 2010s | 195 | #5,315 (2018) | #6,487 |
| 2020s | 93 | #6,325 (2020) | #7,400 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Signe in 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
More about 1916
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1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 24,865 of them was named Signe, which outranked 78.9% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,059Verena43
- #1,059Wynona43
- #1,059Zetta43
- #1,087Signe42
- #1,087Clementina42
- #1,087Elta42
- #1,087Erie42
- #1,100Aleta41
- #1,100Allean41
- #1,100Arlena41
Tied with 12 names at #1,087; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.