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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #151, 1882girls
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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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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.

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 1920

girls
#445
228 births · 1 in 5,256 girls
boys
#3,208
8 births · 1 in 133,045 boys

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #445Birdie228

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #3,208Birdie8
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 5,256 of them was named Birdie, which outranked 92.3% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Birdie
  1. #442Ruthie233
  2. #443Diana232
  3. #444Jo231
  4. #445Birdie228
  5. #445Queen228
  6. #447Ester226
  7. #448Leta225
  8. #448Madeleine225

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

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 550Denise#1,481#931
  2. 321Blossom#1,242#921
  3. 311Lilia#1,242#931
  4. 302Ena#1,270#968
  5. 277Lorayne#1,216#939
Fallers
  1. 594Haruko#917#1,511
  2. 511Roselle#1,000#1,511
  3. 345Toshiko#967#1,312
  4. 304Carroll#902#1,206
  5. 297Santina#835#1,132

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

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 133,045 of them was named Birdie, which outranked 35.7% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Birdie
  1. #2,967Yoshiyuki9
  2. #2,967Zannie9
  3. #2,967Zelmer9
  4. #3,208Birdie8
  5. #3,208Ac8
  6. #3,208Achilles8
  7. #3,208Adelino8
  8. #3,489Abelino7
  9. #3,489Acey7
  10. #3,489Acil7

Tied with 280 names at #3,208; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 960Harding#1,351#391
  2. 607Cameron#1,351#744
  3. 566Hardin#1,531#965
  4. 392Laurel#1,321#929
  5. 368Terrence#1,297#929
Fallers
  1. 789Pershing#593#1,382
  2. 580Woodroe#877#1,457
  3. 385Quinten#867#1,252
  4. 383Orvel#890#1,273
  5. 373Rexford#927#1,300

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

See the top 100 for 1920