Birdie
Birdie was the 670th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 422 babies. Its best year was 1882, when it ranked 152nd; the most babies were born in 2025 (422). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,075 places. More babies were named Birdie in the 1910s than in any other decade.
Meaning little bird · English
Say it BER-dee /ˈbɝdi/
- Rank in 2025
- #670 girls, up 331 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 422girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2025422 babies
- Total since 1880
- 14,814babies recorded
What does the name Birdie mean?
Birdie is from the English word birdie, a little bird, and Wiktionary notes it was also used as a pet form of Bertha. Bertha, which DMNES explains as a Germanic word for bright, was a much more common name around 1900. Birdie has been used in the US since 1880, occasionally for boys in the early 20th century, and it has risen sharply for girls in recent years.
bird (English, “bird”)-ie (English, “pet-name suffix”)
How sure is this? Well established. Wiktionary only.
Related names: Bertha, Bird, Birdy.
See also: English names, names that mean an animal.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Birdie' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Bertha', DMNES (Durham University)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Birdie popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 106 since 1895.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #670 | 422 |
| 2020 | #1,001 | 255 |
| 2010 | #6,420 | 20 |
| 2000 | #11,966 | 7 |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | #5,949 | 11 |
| 1970 | #4,054 | 14 |
| 1960 | #2,018 | 32 |
| 1950 | #1,200 | 59 |
| 1940 | #650 | 115 |
| 1930 | #510 | 173 |
| 1920 | #445 | 228 |
| 1910 | #283 | 187 |
| 1900 | #219 | 204 |
| 1890 | #179 | 168 |
| 1880 | #155 | 85 |
How popular is Birdie, counting every spelling?
Birdie is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #611 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #670 for Birdie on its own. Together these spellings went to 482 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birdie | 422 | #670 | 1,870 |
| Byrdie | 28 | #4,787 | 113 |
| Birdy | 17 | #6,585 | 69 |
| Birdee | 9 | #10,232 | 44 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Birdie?
422 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Birdie (0.12 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Birdie born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 20 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Birdie.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Birdie?
About 4,300 people born in the US named Birdie are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 3 and 68. That makes Birdie a young name: most people with it are children. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Birdie by state
How common Birdie was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Arkansas (3.5×), Utah (3.3×), Oregon (3.1×), Oklahoma (3.1×), Tennessee (2.3×). In 18 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Birdie: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Birdie, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Birdie
What does Birdie mean?
Birdie means “little bird” (English origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Birdie?
Birdie was the 670th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 422 babies. Its best year was 1882, when it ranked 152nd; the most babies were born in 2025 (422). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,075 places. More babies were named Birdie in the 1910s than in any other decade.
Is Birdie a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Birdie in the US.
Where is Birdie most popular?
In 2021–2025, Birdie was most common in Arkansas (0.80 per 1,000 girls), followed by Utah and Oregon.