Bird
- Last seen for girls in 1926 at #4,306
- Last seen for boys in 1929 at #3,247
- Given to girls 52.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 10 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 121since 1880
Bird over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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
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| 1929 | — | #3,247 | 7 | |
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| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | — | |
| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
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| 1920 | — | #3,815 | 6 | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | — | |
| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
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| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,273 | 7 | |
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| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
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| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 | — | |
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| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | #793 | 11 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 | #752 | 7 |
| 1886 | #828 | 8 | — | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | — | #764 | 7 | |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 | — | |
| 1882 | #596 | 10 | #754 | 7 |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 | #781 | 6 |
| 1880 | #547 | 10 | #745 | 7 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Bird was already there! It came in at #547, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Bird is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Bird in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Bird
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1926
- Biggest jump: 354 spots in 1888
- Biggest drop: 319 spots in 1887
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #547 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1880–1883
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,099
- Highest: 1 in 9,099 girls born in 1880 were named Bird (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 197,567 girls born in 1926 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1880s
- 50.4% of all girls named Bird (61) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1927
- Mostly girls until 1926, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 61 | #547 (1880) | #814 |
| 1890s | 39 | #1,091 (1893) | #1,256 |
| 1900s | 10 | #1,931 (1905) | #1,941 |
| 1910s | 5 | #4,814 (1919) | #4,814 |
| 1920s | 6 | #4,306 (1926) | #4,306 |
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.
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