Girls' name · since 1915
Birchie
Since 1915, U.S. Social Security records show 26 babies named Birchie, peaking in 1923. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #42,573 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 26
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Birchie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 26 have been recorded since 1915.
Social Security Administration records show Birchie recorded 26 times among girls since 1915, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1924.
- #42,573 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 26 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Birchie ranks #42,573 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #42,573 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 26
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Birchie's 26 recorded births place it above 40.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Birchie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Birchie's full recorded timeline at 1923, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1923 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Birchie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1924
- Peak year (1923)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Birchie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (21 births, 81% of the file).
1920s was Birchie's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Birchie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 21 births (81% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Birchie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~9 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, 1915–1924 (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 Birchie 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.