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
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 113 births
- Debut · girls
- 85 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 14,708since 1880
Birdie over time
Rank among girls' names. Birdie has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #670 | 422 | — | |
| 2024 | #744 | 378 | — | |
| 2023 | #700 | 411 | — | |
| 2022 | #800 | 352 | — | |
| 2021 | #884 | 307 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,000 | 255 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,103 | 222 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,319 | 172 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,018 | 97 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,343 | 80 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,736 | 64 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,719 | 41 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,002 | 37 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,557 | 24 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,335 | 20 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,382 | 20 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | — | |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | — | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | — | |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | — | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | — | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | — | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | — | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | — | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | — | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | — | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | — | |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,400 | 14 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,050 | 17 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,066 | 17 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,605 | 22 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,197 | 29 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,013 | 32 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,339 | 24 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,939 | 32 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,681 | 41 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,681 | 40 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,803 | 34 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,585 | 41 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,439 | 46 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,285 | 55 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,190 | 61 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,200 | 59 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,088 | 68 | — | |
| 1948 | #987 | 78 | — | |
| 1947 | #984 | 80 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,006 | 70 | — | |
| 1945 | #856 | 77 | — | |
| 1944 | #778 | 96 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #807 | 91 | — | |
| 1942 | #752 | 101 | — | |
| 1941 | #676 | 108 | — | |
| 1940 | #649 | 115 | — | |
| 1939 | #661 | 106 | — | |
| 1938 | #638 | 116 | — | |
| 1937 | #643 | 111 | — | |
| 1936 | #622 | 112 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #545 | 139 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #551 | 137 | — | |
| 1933 | #549 | 134 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #515 | 160 | — | |
| 1931 | #538 | 151 | — | |
| 1930 | #510 | 173 | — | |
| 1929 | #485 | 194 | — | |
| 1928 | #558 | 157 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #504 | 193 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #483 | 206 | — | |
| 1925 | #488 | 206 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #460 | 227 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #450 | 230 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #407 | 261 | — | |
| 1921 | #424 | 256 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #445 | 228 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #425 | 235 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #403 | 264 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #414 | 235 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #377 | 275 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #378 | 256 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #363 | 211 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #328 | 214 | — | |
| 1912 | #336 | 185 | — | |
| 1911 | #362 | 121 | — | |
| 1910 | #283 | 187 | — | |
| 1909 | #285 | 159 | — | |
| 1908 | #281 | 155 | — | |
| 1907 | #278 | 157 | — | |
| 1906 | #270 | 150 | — | |
| 1905 | #270 | 148 | — | |
| 1904 | #256 | 151 | — | |
| 1903 | #261 | 138 | — | |
| 1902 | #229 | 173 | — | |
| 1901 | #218 | 170 | — | |
| 1900 | #219 | 204 | — | |
| 1899 | #214 | 163 | — | |
| 1898 | #216 | 178 | — | |
| 1897 | #224 | 151 | — | |
| 1896 | #218 | 162 | — | |
| 1895 | #199 | 184 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #204 | 169 | — | |
| 1893 | #208 | 149 | — | |
| 1892 | #204 | 153 | — | |
| 1891 | #194 | 138 | — | |
| 1890 | #179 | 168 | — | |
| 1889 | #177 | 166 | — | |
| 1888 | #161 | 181 | — | |
| 1887 | #175 | 133 | — | |
| 1886 | #183 | 123 | — | |
| 1885 | #160 | 131 | — | |
| 1884 | #156 | 128 | — | |
| 1883 | #171 | 93 | — | |
| 1882 | #151 | 113 | — | |
| 1881 | #159 | 84 | — | |
| 1880 | #155 | 85 | — | |
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 1927
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#246 · 1 in 1,747
- Arkansas#263 · 1 in 1,558
- Mississippi#264 · 1 in 1,577
- Kentucky#300 · 1 in 2,258
- South Carolina#304 · 1 in 2,734
Best ever in a state: #119 in Tennessee, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #246 | 16 | 1 in 1,747 |
| Arkansas | #263 | 13 | 1 in 1,558 |
| Mississippi | #264 | 15 | 1 in 1,577 |
| Kentucky | #300 | 13 | 1 in 2,258 |
| South Carolina | #304 | 8 | 1 in 2,734 |
| Texas | #332 | 34 | 1 in 1,782 |
| Alabama | #343 | 11 | 1 in 3,001 |
| Kansas | #344 | 5 | 1 in 3,011 |
| Georgia | #345 | 11 | 1 in 2,971 |
| West Virginia | #346 | 7 | 1 in 2,909 |
| Louisiana | #347 | 10 | 1 in 2,370 |
| Oklahoma | #351 | 9 | 1 in 2,761 |
| Missouri | #492 | 5 | 1 in 6,035 |
| California | #609 | 5 | 1 in 7,356 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #151 (113 births)
- Births halved by 1952, 70 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1880–1945
- Highest: 1 in 954 girls born in 1882 were named Birdie (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,809 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 14.8% of all girls named Birdie (2,183) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,237 | #151 (1882) | #165 |
| 1890s | 1,615 | #179 (1890) | #206 |
| 1900s | 1,605 | #218 (1901) | #257 |
| 1910s | 2,183 | #283 (1910) | #367 |
| 1920s | 2,158 | #407 (1922) | #470 |
| 1930s | 1,339 | #510 (1930) | #577 |
| 1940s | 884 | #649 (1940) | #858 |
| 1950s | 433 | #1,190 (1951) | #1,614 |
| 1960s | 187 | #2,013 (1960) | #3,111 |
| 1970s | 82 | #4,038 (1970) | #6,098 |
| 1980s | 27 | #5,912 (1980) | #9,065 |
| 1990s | 6 | #12,688 (1999) | #12,688 |
| 2000s | 50 | #8,888 (2009) | #12,395 |
| 2010s | 777 | #1,103 (2019) | #3,551 |
| 2020s | 2,125 | #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 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
Top boys' names in 1927
More about 1927
girls
1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 6,178 of them was named Birdie, which outranked 91.0% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 225,383 of them was named Birdie, which outranked 12.3% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 592 names at #4,210; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.