Bird
Last seen for girls in 1926 at #4,306 · Last seen for boys in 1929 at #3,247
Given to girls 52.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 10 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 121since 1880
Bird over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1929 | — | #3,247 | 7 | |
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| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | — | |
| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
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| 1920 | — | #3,815 | 6 | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | — | |
| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
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| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,273 | 7 | |
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| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
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| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 | — | |
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| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | #793 | 11 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 | #752 | 7 |
| 1886 | #828 | 8 | — | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | — | #764 | 7 | |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 | — | |
| 1882 | #596 | 10 | #754 | 7 |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 | #781 | 6 |
| 1880 | #547 | 10 | #745 | 7 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Bird was already there! It came in at #547, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Bird
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1926
- Biggest jump: 354 spots in 1888 (#1,147 → #793)
- Biggest drop: 319 spots in 1887 (#828 → #1,147)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #547 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1880–1883
- Highest: 1 in 9,099 girls born in 1880 were named Bird (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 197,567 girls born in 1926 (0.00%)
- 50.4% of all girls named Bird (61) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1926, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 61 | #547 (1880) | #814 |
| 1890s | 39 | #1,091 (1893) | #1,256 |
| 1900s | 10 | #1,931 (1905) | #1,941 |
| 1910s | 5 | #4,814 (1919) | #4,814 |
| 1920s | 6 | #4,306 (1926) | #4,306 |
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.
Bird in 1887
Top girls' names in 1887
Top boys' names in 1887
More about 1887
girls
145,981 girls got a published name in 1887; 1 in 29,196 of them was named Bird, which outranked 12.2% of the 1,306 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 159 names at #1,147; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
101,410 boys got a published name in 1887; 1 in 14,487 of them was named Bird, which outranked 29.5% of the 1,067 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 66 names at #752; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.