Girls' name · since 1880
Birdie
Birdie has 14,708 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,302 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #670 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 14,708
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
14,708 babies have been named Birdie since 1880, making it today's #670 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Birdie has been recorded 14,708 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #670 nationally and more common than 96% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,302 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #670 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 14,708 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Birdie ranks #1,302 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #670 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 14,708 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #1,302 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #670 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 14,708
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Birdie's 14,708 recorded births place it above 98.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
34 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Birdie compares
14,708 Top 8% higher than 92% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Birdie's all-time total is 39x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Birdie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 14,708 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 422 | 21 | 19,840 |
Birdie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Birdie splits its recorded history at 1943: 29% of all births land in the more recent half, 71% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 422 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Birdie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 422
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Birdie popularity over time - boys
106 total births recorded since 1895 (Birdie as boys' name)
Birdie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (2,183 births, 15% of the file).
1910s was Birdie's strongest decade.
2,183 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 15% of all-time use.
Birdie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
1,237 births
- 1890s
1890s
1,615 births
- 1900s
1900s
1,605 births
- 1910s
1910s
2,183 births
- 1920s
1920s
2,158 births
- 1930s
1930s
1,339 births
- 1940s
1940s
884 births
- 1950s 433
1950s
433 births
- 1960s 187
1960s
187 births
- 1970s 82
1970s
82 births
- 1980s 27
1980s
27 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 50
2000s
50 births
- 2010s 777
2010s
777 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,125 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 2,183 births (15% of all-time use).
How Birdie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Birdie's total volume
Birdie by state
Where Birdie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,433 | 9.7% |
| #2 | Tennessee | | 739 | 5.0% |
| #3 | Mississippi | | 639 | 4.3% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 503 | 3.4% |
| #5 | Kentucky | | 449 | 3.1% |
| #6 | Arkansas | | 432 | 2.9% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 405 | 2.8% |
| #8 | Oklahoma | | 352 | 2.4% |
1,433 of 14,708 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Birdie appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Birdie's data
- Birdie's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (2,183 total births) through the 2020s (2,125) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Birdies (1,433 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Birdie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Birdie 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.