Birdie

#670 for girls in 2025, 422 births · Last seen for boys in 1944 at #3,430
Given to girls 99.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
1882 · 113 births
Debut · girls
85 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
14,708
since 1880

Birdie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Birdie has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #151, 1882girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#670422
2024#744378
2023#700411
2022#800352
2021#884307
2020#1,000255
2019#1,103222
2018#1,319172
2017#2,01897
2016#2,34380
2015#2,73664
2014#3,71941
2013#4,00237
2012#5,55724
2011#6,33520
2010#6,38220
2009#8,88813
2008#10,08411
2007#15,4916
2006#13,6067
2005#14,5026
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000#11,8017
1999#12,6886
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986#10,9125
1985
1984#10,4225
1983#9,0156
1982
1981
1980#5,91211
1979#8,0617
1978#6,9488
1977#6,8928
1976#6,6118
1975
1974#6,9007
1973#5,19110
1972#5,10910
1971#5,13610
1970#4,03814
1969#4,19812
1968#3,16917
1967#4,30010
1966#3,40014
1965#3,05017
1964#3,10817
1963#3,06617
1962#2,60522
1961#2,19729
1960#2,01332
1959#2,33924
1958#1,93932
1957#1,68141
1956#1,68140
1955#1,80334
1954#1,58541
1953#1,43946
1952#1,28555
1951#1,19061
1950#1,20059
1949#1,08868
1948#98778
1947#98480
1946#1,00670
1945#85677
1944#77896#3,4305
1943#80791
1942#752101
1941#676108
1940#649115
1939#661106
1938#638116
1937#643111
1936#622112#3,5495
1935#545139#3,6455
1934#551137
1933#549134#3,6425
1932#515160
1931#538151
1930#510173
1929#485194
1928#558157#4,1515
1927#504193#4,2105
1926#483206
1925#488206#3,7416
1924#460227#3,8676
1923#450230#3,4677
1922#407261
1921#424256#3,5177
1920#445228#3,2088
1919#425235#2,8779
1918#403264#4,1795
1917#414235#3,9815
1916#377275#3,1777
1915#378256#3,3926
1914#363211#3,2645
1913#328214
1912#336185
1911#362121
1910#283187
1909#285159
1908#281155
1907#278157
1906#270150
1905#270148
1904#256151
1903#261138
1902#229173
1901#218170
1900#219204
1899#214163
1898#216178
1897#224151
1896#218162
1895#199184#1,0795
1894#204169
1893#208149
1892#204153
1891#194138
1890#179168
1889#177166
1888#161181
1887#175133
1886#183123
1885#160131
1884#156128
1883#17193
1882#151113
1881#15984
1880#15585
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Birdie was already there! It came in at #155, and was given to 85 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1975, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Birdie is popular in 1919

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #619 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,390 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedMINew York: #646 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 19,093 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #325 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,896 girlsMOKentucky: #268 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,931 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedNMKansas: #359 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,092 girlsKSArkansas: #241 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,268 girlsARTennessee: #224 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,437 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #357 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,602 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #373 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,943 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #419 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,701 girlsOKLouisiana: #271 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,553 girlsLAMississippi: #180 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 875 girlsMSAlabama: #297 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,371 girlsALGeorgia: #323 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,857 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedHITexas: #280 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,441 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#180 · 1 in 875
  2. Tennessee#224 · 1 in 1,437
  3. Arkansas#241 · 1 in 1,268
  4. Kentucky#268 · 1 in 1,931
  5. Louisiana#271 · 1 in 1,553

Best ever in a state: #119 in Tennessee, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#180251 in 875
Tennessee#224181 in 1,437
Arkansas#241161 in 1,268
Kentucky#268141 in 1,931
Louisiana#271141 in 1,553
Texas#280361 in 1,441
Alabama#297131 in 2,371
Georgia#323131 in 2,857
Missouri#325101 in 2,896
North Carolina#357101 in 3,602
Kansas#35951 in 3,092
South Carolina#37361 in 3,943
Oklahoma#41961 in 3,701
Illinois#61951 in 11,390
New York#64651 in 19,093
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Wisconsin
Wyoming

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 Birdie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 74 spots since 2024 (#744#670)
  • 330 spots since 2020 (#1,000#670)
  • 2,066 spots since 2015 (#2,736#670)
  • Biggest jump: 116 spots in 2021 (#1,000#884)
  • Biggest drop: 150 spots in 1946 (#856#1,006)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #151 (113 births)
  • Births halved by 1952, 70 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 74 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1880–1945
Share of babies · girls
1 in 954
  • Highest: 1 in 954 girls born in 1882 were named Birdie (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,809 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 14.8% of all girls named Birdie (2,183) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,237#151 (1882)#165
1890s1,615#179 (1890)#206
1900s1,605#218 (1901)#257
1910s2,183#283 (1910)#367
1920s2,158#407 (1922)#470
1930s1,339#510 (1930)#577
1940s884#649 (1940)#858
1950s433#1,190 (1951)#1,614
1960s187#2,013 (1960)#3,111
1970s82#4,038 (1970)#6,098
1980s27#5,912 (1980)#9,065
1990s6#12,688 (1999)#12,688
2000s50#8,888 (2009)#12,395
2010s777#1,103 (2019)#3,551
2020s2,125#670 (2025)#800

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.

Birdie in 1919

girls
#425
235 births · 1 in 4,809 girls
boys
#2,877
9 births · 1 in 108,902 boys

Top girls' names in 1919

  1. #1Mary65,836
  2. #2Helen33,706
  3. #3Dorothy31,733
  4. #4Margaret26,238
  5. #5Ruth24,562
  6. #6Mildred17,300
  7. #7Virginia15,636
  8. #8Elizabeth15,287
  9. #9Frances15,106
  10. #10Anna14,498
  11. #425Birdie235

Top boys' names in 1919

  1. #1John53,522
  2. #2William43,969
  3. #3James42,392
  4. #4Robert41,025
  5. #5Charles25,192
  6. #6George25,170
  7. #7Joseph24,266
  8. #8Edward18,536
  9. #9Frank15,701
  10. #10Thomas13,434
  11. #2,877Birdie9
More about 1919

girls

1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 4,809 of them was named Birdie, which outranked 92.4% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Birdie
  1. #422Jannie237
  2. #423Elda236
  3. #423Mozelle236
  4. #425Birdie235
  5. #425Nona235
  6. #427Beryl234
  7. #427Elise234
  8. #429Charlene233

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 851Gregoria#1,805#954
  2. 443Concha#1,333#890
  3. 390Arlena#1,299#909
  4. 353Marina#1,255#902
  5. 333Roselle#1,333#1,000
Fallers
  1. 1,019Liberty#585#1,604
  2. 840Victory#809#1,649
  3. 567Karen#960#1,527
  4. 404Zena#989#1,393
  5. 359Malvina#989#1,348

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

boys

980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 108,902 of them was named Birdie, which outranked 40.2% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Birdie
  1. #2,665Ysidro10
  2. #2,665Zenas10
  3. #2,665Zygmont10
  4. #2,877Birdie9
  5. #2,877Abbie9
  6. #2,877Abelino9
  7. #2,877Adelaido9
  8. #3,115Abbott8
  9. #3,115Abron8
  10. #3,115Adair8

Tied with 237 names at #2,877; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 446Quinten#1,313#867
  2. 432Dempsey#1,012#580
  3. 341Winton#1,231#890
  4. 334Donnie#1,211#877
  5. 332Edsel#1,062#730
Fallers
  1. 2,008Foch#869#2,877
  2. 582Carmel#949#1,531
  3. 403Eligah#918#1,321
  4. 398Nels#809#1,207
  5. 355Myer#966#1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1919