Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Birdie

#1,264 most common girls' name of all time · #2,223 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#1,264
Rank overall
#2,223 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
126 of 146
All-time
14,814
Since 2016
2,696
Peak year
2025 #670
Best rank
#152 1882
Girls Boys peak 422/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Birdie is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 422 — 422 #670
2024 378 — 378 #744
2023 411 — 411 #700
2022 352 — 352 #800
2021 307 — 307 #884
2020 255 — 255 #1,001
2019 222 — 222 #1,103
2018 172 — 172 #1,319
2017 97 — 97 #2,018
2016 80 — 80 #2,343
2015 64 — 64 #2,736
2014 41 — 41 #3,719
2013 37 — 37 #4,004
2012 24 — 24 #5,557
2011 20 — 20 #6,335
2010 20 — 20 #6,382
2009 13 — 13 #8,890
2008 11 — 11 #10,084
2007 6 — 6 #15,494
2006 7 — 7 #13,607
2005 6 — 6 #14,503
2000 7 — 7 #11,804
1999 6 — 6 #12,690
1986 5 — 5 #10,915
1984 5 — 5 #10,423
1983 6 — 6 #9,015
1980 11 — 11 #5,914
1979 7 — 7 #8,061
1978 8 — 8 #6,948
1977 8 — 8 #6,893
1976 8 — 8 #6,612
1974 7 — 7 #6,900
1973 10 — 10 #5,191
1972 10 — 10 #5,109
1971 10 — 10 #5,138
1970 14 — 14 #4,038
1969 12 — 12 #4,199
1968 17 — 17 #3,170
1967 10 — 10 #4,301
1966 14 — 14 #3,400
1965 17 — 17 #3,050
1964 17 — 17 #3,108
1963 17 — 17 #3,066
1962 22 — 22 #2,605
1961 29 — 29 #2,198
1960 32 — 32 #2,013
1959 24 — 24 #2,339
1958 32 — 32 #1,939
1957 41 — 41 #1,683
1956 40 — 40 #1,681
1955 34 — 34 #1,803
1954 41 — 41 #1,585
1953 46 — 46 #1,440
1952 55 — 55 #1,285
1951 61 — 61 #1,190
1950 59 — 59 #1,200
1949 68 — 68 #1,088
1948 78 — 78 #987
1947 80 — 80 #984
1946 70 — 70 #1,006
1945 77 — 77 #856
1944 96 5 101 #778
1943 91 — 91 #807
1942 101 — 101 #753
1941 108 — 108 #676
1940 115 — 115 #649
1939 106 — 106 #661
1938 116 — 116 #638
1937 111 — 111 #643
1936 112 5 117 #622
1935 139 5 144 #545
1934 137 — 137 #551
1933 134 5 139 #549
1932 160 — 160 #515
1931 151 — 151 #538
1930 173 — 173 #510
1929 194 — 194 #485
1928 157 5 162 #559
1927 193 5 198 #504
1926 206 — 206 #484
1925 206 6 212 #488
1924 227 6 233 #460
1923 230 7 237 #450
1922 261 — 261 #407
1921 256 7 263 #424
1920 228 8 236 #445
1919 235 9 244 #425
1918 264 5 269 #403
1917 235 5 240 #414
1916 275 7 282 #377
1915 256 6 262 #378
1914 211 5 216 #363
1913 214 — 214 #328
1912 185 — 185 #336
1911 121 — 121 #362
1910 187 — 187 #283
1909 159 — 159 #285
1908 155 — 155 #281
1907 157 — 157 #279
1906 150 — 150 #270
1905 148 — 148 #270
1904 151 — 151 #257
1903 138 — 138 #261
1902 173 — 173 #229
1901 170 — 170 #218
1900 204 — 204 #219
1899 163 — 163 #214
1898 178 — 178 #216
1897 151 — 151 #224
1896 162 — 162 #218
1895 184 5 189 #199
1894 169 — 169 #204
1893 149 — 149 #208
1892 153 — 153 #204
1891 138 — 138 #195
1890 168 — 168 #180
1889 166 — 166 #177
1888 181 — 181 #161
1887 133 — 133 #175
1886 123 — 123 #183
1885 131 — 131 #161
1884 128 — 128 #156
1883 93 — 93 #171
1882 113 — 113 #152
1881 84 — 84 #159
1880 85 — 85 #155