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Berdie

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Berdie is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 629th, in 1881.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
191929 births
Best rank
#629in 1881
Since 1881
1,114people given the name
Babies named Berdie, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,114 girls have been named Berdie in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1919, with 29 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 29 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1921, and the 1910s alone account for 21%. It has spent 19 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadegirls named Berdie
1880s66
1890s96
1900s135
1910s236
1920s223
1930s180
1940s113
1950s57
1960s8

In 1919, its biggest year

Berdie was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1919 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1919.

Names that rose and fell with Berdie

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.