Berdie

Last seen for girls in 1960 at #4,773

Peak · girls
1881 · 8 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,114
since 1881

Berdie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Berdie has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201906peak #623, 1881girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1960#4,7738
1959#6,2455
1958#6,1035
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1956#5,3256
1955#3,37712
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1952#3,55210
1951#3,10612
1950#4,3157
1949#2,85013
1948#3,35010
1947#4,3457
1946#2,88012
1945#3,1329
1944#2,76211
1943#2,55813
1942#3,1949
1941#2,01817
1940#2,42412
1939#1,88118
1938#2,57911
1937#2,31713
1936#2,03215
1935#1,72020
1934#1,48125
1933#2,16114
1932#1,87718
1931#1,54924
1930#1,70322
1929#1,82520
1928#1,46929
1927#1,66925
1926#2,07618
1925#1,89121
1924#2,21217
1923#1,84022
1922#1,73024
1921#1,66826
1920#1,88921
1919#1,44529
1918#1,75422
1917#1,40228
1916#1,40827
1915#1,33928
1914#1,44420
1913#1,40517
1912#1,05524
1911#93222
1910#99719
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1908#1,26111
1907#99015
1906#91716
1905#1,05713
1904#88017
1903#1,02712
1902#1,02412
1901#85715
1900#74224
1899#98311
1898#92014
1897#89513
1896#95012
1895#68521
1894#1,0619
1893#1,0918
1892#1,0858
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1889#83910
1888#72413
1887#8608
1886#8288
1885#9216
1884#7938
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1882#9085
1881#6238
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First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Berdie! It came in at #623, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Berdie is popular in 1906

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Berdie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1960
  • Biggest jump: 376 spots in 1895 (#1,061 → #685)
  • Biggest drop: 285 spots in 1882 (#623 → #908)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1881 at #623 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1895–1901
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,125
  • Highest: 1 in 11,125 girls born in 1895 were named Berdie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 252,743 girls born in 1960 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #623 in 1881, was only 1 in 11,494 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 21.2% of all girls named Berdie (236) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s66#623 (1881)#812
1890s96#685 (1895)#959
1900s135#742 (1900)#973
1910s236#932 (1911)#1,318
1920s223#1,469 (1928)#1,827
1930s180#1,481 (1934)#1,930
1940s113#2,018 (1941)#2,951
1950s57#3,106 (1951)#4,575
1960s8#4,773 (1960)#4,773

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.

Berdie in 1906

girls
#917
16 births · 1 in 18,456 girls

Top girls' names in 1906

  1. #1Mary16,370
  2. #2Helen7,176
  3. #3Margaret6,096
  4. #4Anna5,502
  5. #5Ruth5,140
  6. #6Dorothy4,326
  7. #7Elizabeth4,320
  8. #8Alice4,192
  9. #9Mildred3,873
  10. #10Florence3,691
  11. #917Berdie16
More about 1906

girls

295,297 girls got a published name in 1906; 1 in 18,456 of them was named Berdie, which outranked 58.7% of the 2,220 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Berdie
  1. #895Twila17
  2. #895Versie17
  3. #895Zettie17
  4. #917Berdie16
  5. #917Aida16
  6. #917Alicia16
  7. #917Amber16
  8. #965Abigail15
  9. #965Alline15
  10. #965Anabel15

Tied with 47 names at #917; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1905
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,036Lavera#1,931 → #895
  2. ↑ 1,014Luberta#1,931 → #917
  3. ↑ 1,014Williemae#1,931 → #917
  4. ↑ 851Evelyne#1,696 → #845
  5. ↑ 851Gregoria#1,696 → #845
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,126Dulcie#825 → #1,951
  2. ↓ 1,051Zelpha#900 → #1,951
  3. ↓ 930Sydney#797 → #1,727
  4. ↓ 855Lester#872 → #1,727
  5. ↓ 801Alvira#926 → #1,727

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1906 →