Birdie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BER-dee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #643 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #670 for girls
Birdie is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “little bird”. In 2025 it ranked 643rd for girls in the UK (64 babies) and 670th for girls in the US (422 babies).
What does Birdie mean?
English: pet word for a little bird
“little bird”
More on Wiktionary.
Is Birdie a girl's or a boy's name?
Birdie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 64 girls in the UK and 422 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Birdie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 643rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 64 about 1 in 4,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 157% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 64 girls in the UK were named Birdie, making it the 643rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,121st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 64 girls.
Half of all the girls named Birdie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 70 girls in the UK were given Birdie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #565, up from #643 for this spelling alone.
- Birdie 64
- Birdy 6
Among girls in 2025, it was 610th in England and Wales.
Birdie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | #643 |
| 2024 | 64 | #645 |
| 2023 | 57 | #690 |
| 2022 | 42 | #902 |
| 2021 | 35 | #1,054 |
| 2020 | 32 | #1,121 |
| 2019 | 23 | #1,439 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
How popular is Birdie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 670th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 422 about 1 in 3,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 87% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 422 girls in the US were named Birdie, making it the 670th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,000th.
2025 had the most girls named Birdie of any year since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the girls named Birdie in the US since 1880 were born between 1904 and 1950, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 454 girls in the US were given Birdie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #641, up from #670 for this spelling alone.
Birdie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 422 | #670 |
| 2024 | 378 | #744 |
| 2023 | 411 | #700 |
| 2022 | 352 | #800 |
| 2021 | 307 | #884 |
| 2020 | 255 | #1,000 |
| 2019 | 222 | #1,103 |
| 2018 | 172 | #1,319 |
| 2017 | 97 | #2,018 |
| 2016 | 80 | #2,343 |
| 2015 | 64 | #2,736 |
| 2014 | 41 | #3,717 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,000 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,168 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,399 |
| 1965 | 17 | #3,049 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,107 |
| 1963 | 17 | #3,065 |
| 1962 | 22 | #2,604 |
| 1961 | 29 | #2,196 |
| 1960 | 32 | #2,012 |
| 1959 | 24 | #2,338 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,938 |
| 1957 | 41 | #1,680 |
| 1956 | 40 | #1,680 |
| 1955 | 34 | #1,802 |
| 1954 | 41 | #1,584 |
| 1953 | 46 | #1,438 |
| 1952 | 55 | #1,284 |
| 1951 | 61 | #1,189 |
| 1950 | 59 | #1,199 |
| 1949 | 68 | #1,087 |
| 1948 | 78 | #986 |
| 1947 | 80 | #983 |
| 1946 | 70 | #1,005 |
| 1945 | 77 | #856 |
| 1944 | 96 | #778 |
| 1943 | 91 | #807 |
| 1942 | 101 | #752 |
| 1941 | 108 | #676 |
| 1940 | 115 | #649 |
| 1939 | 106 | #661 |
| 1938 | 116 | #638 |
| 1937 | 111 | #643 |
| 1936 | 112 | #622 |
| 1935 | 139 | #545 |
| 1934 | 137 | #551 |
| 1933 | 134 | #549 |
| 1932 | 160 | #515 |
| 1931 | 151 | #538 |
| 1930 | 173 | #510 |
| 1929 | 194 | #485 |
| 1928 | 157 | #558 |
| 1927 | 193 | #504 |
| 1926 | 206 | #483 |
| 1925 | 206 | #488 |
| 1924 | 227 | #460 |
| 1923 | 230 | #450 |
| 1922 | 261 | #407 |
| 1921 | 256 | #424 |
| 1920 | 228 | #445 |
| 1919 | 235 | #425 |
| 1918 | 264 | #403 |
| 1917 | 235 | #414 |
| 1916 | 275 | #377 |
| 1915 | 256 | #378 |
| 1914 | 211 | #363 |
| 1913 | 214 | #328 |
| 1912 | 185 | #336 |
| 1911 | 121 | #362 |
| 1910 | 187 | #283 |
| 1909 | 159 | #285 |
| 1908 | 155 | #281 |
| 1907 | 157 | #278 |
| 1906 | 150 | #270 |
| 1905 | 148 | #270 |
| 1904 | 151 | #256 |
| 1903 | 138 | #261 |
| 1902 | 173 | #229 |
| 1901 | 170 | #218 |
| 1900 | 204 | #219 |
| 1899 | 163 | #214 |
| 1898 | 178 | #216 |
| 1897 | 151 | #224 |
| 1896 | 162 | #218 |
| 1895 | 184 | #199 |
| 1894 | 169 | #204 |
| 1893 | 149 | #208 |
| 1892 | 153 | #204 |
| 1891 | 138 | #194 |
| 1890 | 168 | #179 |
| 1889 | 166 | #177 |
| 1888 | 181 | #161 |
| 1887 | 133 | #175 |
| 1886 | 123 | #183 |
| 1885 | 131 | #160 |
| 1884 | 128 | #156 |
| 1883 | 93 | #171 |
| 1882 | 113 | #151 |
| 1881 | 84 | #159 |
| 1880 | 85 | #155 |
Names like Birdie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nellie, Frankie, Lottie, Olive, Elsie, Winnie, Emmie, Rosie, Evie, Hallie, Hattie, Annie
Other spellings of Birdie
Names related to Birdie
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hazel
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Birdie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/birdie, updated 20 October 2026.