BabyNamesMap

Baby names › Girls

Birdie

Means “little bird”*

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #2,736, 2016: #2,343, 2017: #2,018, 2018: #1,319, 2019: #1,103, 2020: #1,000, 2021: #884, 2022: #800, 2023: #700, 2024: #744, 2025: #6701 in 3,809 girls in the US, 2025#670 · rising · was #2,736 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #4,736, 2016: #5,785, 2017: #3,229, 2018: #1,788, 2019: #1,439, 2020: #1,044, 2021: #1,007, 2022: #839, 2023: #657, 2024: #610, 2025: #6101 in 3,958 girls in E&W, 2025#610 · rising · was #4,736 in 2015

Girl’s name · English

Try with your surname

What Birdie means

Means “little bird”

From birdie (“little bird”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Birdie” (revision 87175884), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Birdie?

US 2025
#670
422 babies
▲ 74 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#610
64 babies
same as 2024
Scotland
–
Not listed

US: Rising: up from #2736 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #4736 in 2015.

00.511.518801920196020002025
US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 girls born. Dot: biggest US share (1882)

Biggest US share so far: 1882, when 113 girls got the name (#151 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

  • About 1 in 3,809 baby girls in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 3,958 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in UT (1.17 per 1,000 girls), MS (1.12 per 1,000 girls), OR (0.92 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

AK
ME
WI
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
HI
TX
FL
FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Birdie is #670 in the US and #610 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#6704221 in 3,809#2736
England & Wales#610641 in 3,958#4736
Scotland––––

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Birdie were girls.

GirlsBoys
US 20254220
England & Wales 2025640
US all years since 188014,708106
England & Wales since 19963450

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

  • Byrdie28 US
  • Bridie0 US · 24 E&W
  • Bradie17 US
  • Brodie6 US · 7 E&W
  • Bertie11 US
  • Brydie0 US · 6 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Birdie

Girls

  • Hazel#21From the word “hazel”
  • Violet#13From the word “violet”
  • June#150From the word “name”
  • Olive#197Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #47 vs #197 in 2025
  • Magnolia#124Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #634 in 2015, #124 in 2025
  • Dahlia#215Editor’s note Up from #412 in 2015 to #215 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

  • August#81“month of August”
  • Prince#447Editor’s note Down from #386 in 2015 to #447 in 2025 in the US
  • Rowan#59“little red one”
  • Royal#476Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #476 vs #2,014 in 2025
  • Duke#695Editor’s note Down from #601 in 2015 to #695 in 2025 in the US
  • Briar#686Editor’s note Used for both: 34% of US babies named Briar in 2025 were boys

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under English, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Birdie’s. Rank is US 2025.

Jump to a random name page, or roll from every name on the home page.