Bedie — girls' name
77 babies named Bedie in U.S. Social Security records since 1903, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Bedie was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Bedie in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bedie
The Social Security Administration has registered 77 babies named Bedie between 1903 and 1937, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bedie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1937. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bedie performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Bedie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bedie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bedie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 77 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Bedie at a glance
Last recorded 1937Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bedie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1937–1903
- Peak year (1918)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1937.
77 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 13 births in a single year.
Bedie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 37 births that decade — 48% of Bedie's all-time total
Bedie decade highlights
- Peak decade 37 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Bedie's strongest decade
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Bedie by state
Where Bedie concentrates geographically — total births since 1903
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 6.5% |
5 of 77 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 6.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 6.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1903–1937 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.