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
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 113 births
- Debut · girls
- 85 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 14,708since 1880
Birdie over time
Rank among girls' names. Birdie has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #670 | 422 | — | |
| 2024 | #744 | 378 | — | |
| 2023 | #700 | 411 | — | |
| 2022 | #800 | 352 | — | |
| 2021 | #884 | 307 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,000 | 255 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,103 | 222 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,319 | 172 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,018 | 97 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,343 | 80 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,736 | 64 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,719 | 41 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,002 | 37 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,557 | 24 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,335 | 20 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,382 | 20 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | — | |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | — | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | — | |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | — | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | — | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | — | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | — | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | — | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | — | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | — | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | — | |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,400 | 14 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,050 | 17 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,066 | 17 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,605 | 22 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,197 | 29 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,013 | 32 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,339 | 24 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,939 | 32 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,681 | 41 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,681 | 40 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,803 | 34 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,585 | 41 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,439 | 46 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,285 | 55 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,190 | 61 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,200 | 59 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,088 | 68 | — | |
| 1948 | #987 | 78 | — | |
| 1947 | #984 | 80 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,006 | 70 | — | |
| 1945 | #856 | 77 | — | |
| 1944 | #778 | 96 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #807 | 91 | — | |
| 1942 | #752 | 101 | — | |
| 1941 | #676 | 108 | — | |
| 1940 | #649 | 115 | — | |
| 1939 | #661 | 106 | — | |
| 1938 | #638 | 116 | — | |
| 1937 | #643 | 111 | — | |
| 1936 | #622 | 112 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #545 | 139 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #551 | 137 | — | |
| 1933 | #549 | 134 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #515 | 160 | — | |
| 1931 | #538 | 151 | — | |
| 1930 | #510 | 173 | — | |
| 1929 | #485 | 194 | — | |
| 1928 | #558 | 157 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #504 | 193 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #483 | 206 | — | |
| 1925 | #488 | 206 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #460 | 227 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #450 | 230 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #407 | 261 | — | |
| 1921 | #424 | 256 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #445 | 228 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #425 | 235 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #403 | 264 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #414 | 235 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #377 | 275 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #378 | 256 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #363 | 211 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #328 | 214 | — | |
| 1912 | #336 | 185 | — | |
| 1911 | #362 | 121 | — | |
| 1910 | #283 | 187 | — | |
| 1909 | #285 | 159 | — | |
| 1908 | #281 | 155 | — | |
| 1907 | #278 | 157 | — | |
| 1906 | #270 | 150 | — | |
| 1905 | #270 | 148 | — | |
| 1904 | #256 | 151 | — | |
| 1903 | #261 | 138 | — | |
| 1902 | #229 | 173 | — | |
| 1901 | #218 | 170 | — | |
| 1900 | #219 | 204 | — | |
| 1899 | #214 | 163 | — | |
| 1898 | #216 | 178 | — | |
| 1897 | #224 | 151 | — | |
| 1896 | #218 | 162 | — | |
| 1895 | #199 | 184 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #204 | 169 | — | |
| 1893 | #208 | 149 | — | |
| 1892 | #204 | 153 | — | |
| 1891 | #194 | 138 | — | |
| 1890 | #179 | 168 | — | |
| 1889 | #177 | 166 | — | |
| 1888 | #161 | 181 | — | |
| 1887 | #175 | 133 | — | |
| 1886 | #183 | 123 | — | |
| 1885 | #160 | 131 | — | |
| 1884 | #156 | 128 | — | |
| 1883 | #171 | 93 | — | |
| 1882 | #151 | 113 | — | |
| 1881 | #159 | 84 | — | |
| 1880 | #155 | 85 | — | |
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 1938
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#234 · 1 in 1,428
- Mississippi#255 · 1 in 1,504
- Oklahoma#292 · 1 in 1,848
- Kentucky#346 · 1 in 3,136
- Georgia#375 · 1 in 3,852
Best ever in a state: #119 in Tennessee, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #234 | 19 | 1 in 1,428 |
| Mississippi | #255 | 15 | 1 in 1,504 |
| Oklahoma | #292 | 11 | 1 in 1,848 |
| Kentucky | #346 | 9 | 1 in 3,136 |
| Georgia | #375 | 8 | 1 in 3,852 |
| Texas | #429 | 18 | 1 in 3,206 |
| Louisiana | #478 | 5 | 1 in 4,444 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| 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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #151 (113 births)
- Births halved by 1952, 70 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1880–1945
- Highest: 1 in 954 girls born in 1882 were named Birdie (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,809 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 14.8% of all girls named Birdie (2,183) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,237 | #151 (1882) | #165 |
| 1890s | 1,615 | #179 (1890) | #206 |
| 1900s | 1,605 | #218 (1901) | #257 |
| 1910s | 2,183 | #283 (1910) | #367 |
| 1920s | 2,158 | #407 (1922) | #470 |
| 1930s | 1,339 | #510 (1930) | #577 |
| 1940s | 884 | #649 (1940) | #858 |
| 1950s | 433 | #1,190 (1951) | #1,614 |
| 1960s | 187 | #2,013 (1960) | #3,111 |
| 1970s | 82 | #4,038 (1970) | #6,098 |
| 1980s | 27 | #5,912 (1980) | #9,065 |
| 1990s | 6 | #12,688 (1999) | #12,688 |
| 2000s | 50 | #8,888 (2009) | #12,395 |
| 2010s | 777 | #1,103 (2019) | #3,551 |
| 2020s | 2,125 | #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 1938
Top girls' names in 1938
More about 1938
girls
1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 9,513 of them was named Birdie, which outranked 87.2% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).