Birt

Last seen for girls in 1914 at #3,618 · Last seen for boys in 1953 at #3,798
Given to boys 98.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1881 · 11 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
268
since 1880

Birt over time

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Rank among boys' names. Birt has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201887peak #533, 1881boys
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1953#3,7985
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1927#4,2105
1926#2,43612
1925#4,1975
1924#2,47312
1923#4,2395
1922#2,34713
1921#2,63211
1920#2,33613
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1918#2,54311
1917#2,28012
1916#2,15213
1915#2,18412
1914#3,6185#2,9156
1913#2,8215
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1909#1,4405
1908#1,3735
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1897#9426
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1894#8577
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1890#8846
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1887#8196
1886#8456
1885#60410
1884#9715
1883#6449
1882#8376
1881#53311
1880#7457
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Birt was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1889, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Birt
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1953
  • Biggest jump: 367 spots in 1885 (#971#604)
  • Biggest drop: 327 spots in 1884 (#644#971)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #533 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1884, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1880–1887
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,158
  • Highest: 1 in 9,158 boys born in 1881 were named Birt (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 394,460 boys born in 1953 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 28.4% of all boys named Birt (76) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s60#533 (1881)#750
1890s19#857 (1894)#894
1900s10#1,373 (1908)#1,407
1910s59#2,152 (1916)#2,483
1920s76#2,336 (1920)#3,109
1930s25#3,518 (1937)#3,694
1940s7#2,964 (1943)#2,964
1950s12#3,021 (1950)#3,410

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Birt in 1887

boys
#819
6 births · 1 in 16,902 boys

Top boys' names in 1887

  1. #1John8,110
  2. #2William7,470
  3. #3James4,767
  4. #4George4,284
  5. #5Charles4,031
  6. #6Frank2,883
  7. #7Joseph2,456
  8. #8Henry2,228
  9. #9Thomas2,151
  10. #10Edward2,125
  11. #10Robert2,125
  12. #819Birt6
More about 1887

boys

101,410 boys got a published name in 1887; 1 in 16,902 of them was named Birt, which outranked 23.2% 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).

Ranked beside Birt
  1. #752Tomas7
  2. #752Verner7
  3. #752Webb7
  4. #819Birt6
  5. #819Addie6
  6. #819Ah6
  7. #819Aleck6
  8. #921Ab5
  9. #921Abbie5
  10. #921Ada5

Tied with 101 names at #819; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1886
Risers
  1. 539Carey#959#420
  2. 521Santiago#959#438
  3. 471Annie#959#488
  4. 471Roderick#959#488
  5. 453Morton#845#392
Fallers
  1. 430Dell#491#921
  2. 420Hardy#332#752
  3. 409Brady#512#921
  4. 381Walton#540#921
  5. 368Milford#451#819

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

See the top 100 for 1887