Boys' name · since 1913
Birch
340 babies named Birch in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,901 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,084 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 340
- born since 1913
- 2010s
- peak decade
Birch currently ranks #12084 among boys' names in America, with 340 babies recorded since 1913.
Birch has 340 recorded births among boys since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12084 as of the latest data, more common than 13% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 2025.
- #9,901 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,084 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 340 born since 1913
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Birch ranks #9,901 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,084 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 340 born since 1913, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,901 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,084 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 340
- born since 1913
- 2010s
- peak decade
Birch's 340 recorded births place it above 78.19% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Birch compares
340 48th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Birch's all-time total is 8% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Birch | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 340 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 34 | 22,252 |
Birch's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Birch's full recorded timeline at 2000, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Birch popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 113 years of records
Birch by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (108 births, 32% of the file).
2010s was Birch's strongest decade.
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Birch births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 22
1910s
22 births
- 1920s 23
1920s
23 births
- 1930s 12
1930s
12 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 20
1970s
20 births
- 1980s 20
1980s
20 births
- 1990s 26
1990s
26 births
- 2000s
2000s
52 births
- 2010s
2010s
108 births
- 2020s
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 108 births (32% of all-time use).
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What to do with Birch's data
- Birch's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (108 total births) through the 2020s (47) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Birch: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~112 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1913–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Birch draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.