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

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Peak · girls
1882 · 113 births
Debut · girls
85 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
14,708
since 1880

Birdie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Birdie has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201912peak #151, 1882girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#670422—
2024#744378—
2023#700411—
2022#800352—
2021#884307—
2020#1,000255—
2019#1,103222—
2018#1,319172—
2017#2,01897—
2016#2,34380—
2015#2,73664—
2014#3,71941—
2013#4,00237—
2012#5,55724—
2011#6,33520—
2010#6,38220—
2009#8,88813—
2008#10,08411—
2007#15,4916—
2006#13,6067—
2005#14,5026—
2004——
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2002——
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2000#11,8017—
1999#12,6886—
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1986#10,9125—
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1984#10,4225—
1983#9,0156—
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1980#5,91211—
1979#8,0617—
1978#6,9488—
1977#6,8928—
1976#6,6118—
1975——
1974#6,9007—
1973#5,19110—
1972#5,10910—
1971#5,13610—
1970#4,03814—
1969#4,19812—
1968#3,16917—
1967#4,30010—
1966#3,40014—
1965#3,05017—
1964#3,10817—
1963#3,06617—
1962#2,60522—
1961#2,19729—
1960#2,01332—
1959#2,33924—
1958#1,93932—
1957#1,68141—
1956#1,68140—
1955#1,80334—
1954#1,58541—
1953#1,43946—
1952#1,28555—
1951#1,19061—
1950#1,20059—
1949#1,08868—
1948#98778—
1947#98480—
1946#1,00670—
1945#85677—
1944#77896#3,4305
1943#80791—
1942#752101—
1941#676108—
1940#649115—
1939#661106—
1938#638116—
1937#643111—
1936#622112#3,5495
1935#545139#3,6455
1934#551137—
1933#549134#3,6425
1932#515160—
1931#538151—
1930#510173—
1929#485194—
1928#558157#4,1515
1927#504193#4,2105
1926#483206—
1925#488206#3,7416
1924#460227#3,8676
1923#450230#3,4677
1922#407261—
1921#424256#3,5177
1920#445228#3,2088
1919#425235#2,8779
1918#403264#4,1795
1917#414235#3,9815
1916#377275#3,1777
1915#378256#3,3926
1914#363211#3,2645
1913#328214—
1912#336185—
1911#362121—
1910#283187—
1909#285159—
1908#281155—
1907#278157—
1906#270150—
1905#270148—
1904#256151—
1903#261138—
1902#229173—
1901#218170—
1900#219204—
1899#214163—
1898#216178—
1897#224151—
1896#218162—
1895#199184#1,0795
1894#204169—
1893#208149—
1892#204153—
1891#194138—
1890#179168—
1889#177166—
1888#161181—
1887#175133—
1886#183123—
1885#160131—
1884#156128—
1883#17193—
1882#151113—
1881#15984—
1880#15585—
First appearance
1880

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 1912

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #312 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,136 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedMINew York: #381 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,173 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #253 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,692 girlsMOKentucky: #178 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 909 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedNMKansas: #226 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,449 girlsKSArkansas: #194 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 863 girlsARTennessee: #175 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 832 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #294 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,435 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #225 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,468 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #199 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,010 girlsOKLouisiana: #354 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,386 girlsLAMississippi: #197 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,013 girlsMSAlabama: #243 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,583 girlsALGeorgia: #261 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,800 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedHITexas: #236 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,053 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Birdie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#175 · 1 in 832
  2. Kentucky#178 · 1 in 909
  3. Arkansas#194 · 1 in 863
  4. Mississippi#197 · 1 in 1,013
  5. Oklahoma#199 · 1 in 1,010

Best ever in a state: #119 in Tennessee, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#175161 in 832
Kentucky#178151 in 909
Arkansas#194111 in 863
Mississippi#197121 in 1,013
Oklahoma#199101 in 1,010
South Carolina#22581 in 1,468
Kansas#22651 in 1,449
Texas#236251 in 1,053
Alabama#243101 in 1,583
Missouri#25391 in 1,692
Georgia#261111 in 1,800
North Carolina#29471 in 2,435
Illinois#31291 in 3,136
Louisiana#35451 in 2,386
New York#38181 in 6,173
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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
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #151 (113 births)
  • Births halved by 1952, 70 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 74 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1880–1945
Share of babies · girls
1 in 954
  • Highest: 1 in 954 girls born in 1882 were named Birdie (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,809 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 14.8% of all girls named Birdie (2,183) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,237#151 (1882)#165
1890s1,615#179 (1890)#206
1900s1,605#218 (1901)#257
1910s2,183#283 (1910)#367
1920s2,158#407 (1922)#470
1930s1,339#510 (1930)#577
1940s884#649 (1940)#858
1950s433#1,190 (1951)#1,614
1960s187#2,013 (1960)#3,111
1970s82#4,038 (1970)#6,098
1980s27#5,912 (1980)#9,065
1990s6#12,688 (1999)#12,688
2000s50#8,888 (2009)#12,395
2010s777#1,103 (2019)#3,551
2020s2,125#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 1912

girls
#336
185 births · 1 in 3,017 girls

Top girls' names in 1912

  1. #1Mary32,304
  2. #2Helen16,133
  3. #3Dorothy12,645
  4. #4Margaret12,536
  5. #5Ruth11,280
  6. #6Mildred8,764
  7. #7Anna8,586
  8. #8Elizabeth8,527
  9. #9Frances6,680
  10. #10Marie6,642
  11. #336Birdie185
More about 1912

girls

558,119 girls got a published name in 1912; 1 in 3,017 of them was named Birdie, which outranked 90.2% of the 3,445 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Birdie
  1. #333Lelia186
  2. #333Rosella186
  3. #333Zella186
  4. #336Birdie185
  5. #336Berniece185
  6. #336Connie185
  7. #339Catharine183
  8. #340Alyce182
  9. #340Hallie182

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1911
Risers
  1. ↑ 712Jule#1,545 → #833
  2. ↑ 626Beula#1,545 → #919
  3. ↑ 602Noma#1,372 → #770
  4. ↑ 577Walter#1,372 → #795
  5. ↑ 490Izora#1,450 → #960
Fallers
  1. ↓ 912Mabell#932 → #1,844
  2. ↓ 602Justina#875 → #1,477
  3. ↓ 579Irine#898 → #1,477
  4. ↓ 579Sula#898 → #1,477
  5. ↓ 568Cordia#853 → #1,421

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

See the top 100 for 1912 →