Byrd vs Byrdie
American parents have registered 962 Byrds since 1880, against 621 Byrdies. But in 2025 it was Byrdie that was commoner, 28 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Byrd Byrdie
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 89 years in which either name was published, Byrd for 67 years and Byrdie for 22 years. The lead changed hands 15 times.
- 1880–1905 Byrd ahead, apart from 3 short spells
- 1906–1909 Byrdie ahead
- 1913–1963 Byrd ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 2014–2025 Byrdie ahead
7 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Byrd | Byrdie | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 962 | 621 |
| Most in one year | 33 | 28 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 28 |
| Estimated living today | 100 | 200 |
| Median age today | 77 | 4 |
| Peak year | 1919 | 2025 |
| Best rank | 1,408th boys | 4,758th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 4,758th |
| First recorded | 1880 | 1881 |
| Girls / boys | 253 / 709 | 621 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Byrds alive today are over 77; half the Byrdies are over 4. That is 73 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Byrd and Byrdie.