Birch
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1913 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 340since 1913
Birch over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Birch has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #7,262 | 11 |
| 2021 | #6,032 | 14 |
| 2020 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #7,173 | 11 |
| 2018 | #4,739 | 20 |
| 2017 | #4,746 | 20 |
| 2016 | #7,157 | 11 |
| 2015 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #6,241 | 13 |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | — | |
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| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | — | |
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| 1972 | #2,991 | 11 |
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| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
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| 1949 | #3,690 | 5 |
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| 1937 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,645 | 5 |
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| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,697 | 6 |
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| 1924 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | — | |
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| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,543 | 10 |
| 1915 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,273 | 7 |
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First appearance
1913
The first year at least five boys were named Birch! It came in at #2,273, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1915, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Birch is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Birch in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Birch
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 4,506 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #12,008)
- 1,364 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #12,008)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1913 at #2,273 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1914, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 73,224
- Highest: 1 in 73,224 boys born in 1913 were named Birch (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 31.8% of all boys named Birch (108) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 22 | #2,273 (1913) | #2,880 |
| 1920s | 23 | #3,467 (1923) | #3,955 |
| 1930s | 12 | #2,905 (1937) | #3,275 |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,690 (1949) | #3,690 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,048 (1963) | #4,048 |
| 1970s | 20 | #2,991 (1972) | #3,414 |
| 1980s | 20 | #4,134 (1980) | #5,338 |
| 1990s | 26 | #8,479 (1998) | #8,885 |
| 2000s | 52 | #6,715 (2003) | #8,971 |
| 2010s | 108 | #4,739 (2018) | #8,041 |
| 2020s | 47 | #6,032 (2021) | #8,513 |
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.
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