# Birdie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/birdie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “little bird” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 14,814 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 106 / 14,708 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 345, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From birdie (“little bird”). Also used as a diminutive of Bertha.

## What it means

Birdie is grouped under bird.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 6,376 |
| 2012 | 24 | 5,580 |
| 2013 | 37 | 4,013 |
| 2014 | 41 | 3,728 |
| 2015 | 64 | 2,745 |
| 2016 | 80 | 2,346 |
| 2017 | 97 | 2,020 |
| 2018 | 172 | 1,322 |
| 2019 | 222 | 1,104 |
| 2020 | 255 | 1,001 |
| 2021 | 307 | 884 |
| 2022 | 352 | 801 |
| 2023 | 411 | 700 |
| 2024 | 378 | 744 |
| 2025 | 422 | 670 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 7 | 3,211 |
| 1917 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 1918 | 5 | 4,239 |
| 1919 | 9 | 2,903 |
| 1920 | 8 | 3,242 |
| 1921 | 7 | 3,562 |
| 1923 | 7 | 3,509 |
| 1924 | 6 | 3,917 |
| 1925 | 6 | 3,783 |
| 1927 | 5 | 4,264 |
| 1928 | 5 | 4,215 |
| 1933 | 5 | 3,704 |
| 1935 | 5 | 3,700 |
| 1936 | 5 | 3,598 |
| 1944 | 5 | 3,480 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,788 |
| 2019 | 21 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 32 | 1,044 |
| 2021 | 34 | 1,007 |
| 2022 | 42 | 839 |
| 2023 | 55 | 657 |
| 2024 | 64 | 610 |
| 2025 | 64 | 610 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.