Birdie

Where Birdie comes from

From birdie (“little bird”). Also used as a diminutive of Bertha.
— Wiktionary's entry for Birdie
  • English
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1871
    Birdie Blye born
    American pianist
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #155 among girls — 85 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1882
    Peak, #151
    113 babies named Birdie — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1952
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,285.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English.
Namesakes
  • Birdie Blye · American pianist, 1871–1935

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.