NameTides

Birdie

Birdie was the #670 girls' name in the US in 2025 (422 babies), and #610 in England & Wales and #1,668 in Canada.

Birdie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Birdie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Birdie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#670 (422)#610 (64)#1,668 (14)
2024#744 (378)#610 (64)#3,383 (5)
2023#700 (411)#657 (55)#1,898 (11)
2022#800 (352)#839 (42)#1,854 (11)
2021#884 (307)#1,007 (34)#2,021 (10)
2020#1,000 (255)#1,044 (32)#1,758 (12)
2019#1,103 (222)#1,439 (21)#2,872 (6)
2018#1,319 (172)#1,788 (16)#3,286 (5)
2017#2,018 (97)#3,229 (7)—
2016#2,343 (80)#5,785 (3)—
2015#2,736 (64)#4,736 (4)—
2014#3,719 (41)——
2013#4,002 (37)——
2012#5,557 (24)——
2011#6,335 (20)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1882 at #151.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 1944, 95% of US babies named Birdie were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Birdie is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,000 to 1 in 4,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Birdie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #811WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #797ILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: #1,087NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #298ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #542INOhio: #959OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #965CAUtah: #231UTColorado: #634CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #386MOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #758VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #376ARTennessee: #335TNNorth Carolina: #534NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #312OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #270MSAlabama: #436ALGeorgia: #581GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #487TXFlorida: #768FL
Birdie (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BirdieCanadaGirls#1,66814
BirdieEngland & WalesGirls#61064
BirdieNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
BirdieUSGirls#670422
BirdieUSBoys—too few