Birt — boys' name
268 babies named Birt in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
28% of everyone ever named Birt was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Birt in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Birt
The Social Security Administration has registered 268 babies named Birt between 1880 and 1953, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Birt currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1953. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Birt performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Birt shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Birt in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Birt 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 268 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.
Birt at a glance
Last recorded 1953Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Birt popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1880
- Peak year (1916)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 74 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1953.
268 total births across 74 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 13 births in a single year.
Birt popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1914 (Birt as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Birt accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Birt by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 76 births that decade — 28% of Birt's all-time total
Birt decade highlights
- Peak decade 76 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Birt's strongest decade
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Birt by state
Where Birt concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Arkansas | | 5 | 1.9% |
5 of 268 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Arkansas 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Arkansas accounts for 1.9% 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, 1880–1953 (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.