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Girl · English
Birdie
Say it: BUR-dee
Meaning
From English bird, used as an affectionate nickname and then as a given name.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used in the US around 1880 to 1920 and revived recently.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 12,935 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1888, about 1 in 987 girls
- 249 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.