How Many People Are Named Birch?
An estimated 275 people in the United States have the first name Birch. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 21 years old, and Birch peaked in popularity in 2017 with 20 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Birch as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Birch paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
275
About 1 in 1,246,379 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
21
years old
Peak Year
2017
20 births
Total Registered
335
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Birch
Birch is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 335 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Birch as a male name
Ranked #9,873 in 2023
7 male births in 2023
Peak: 2017 (20 births)
Birch: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Birch span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 11 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 108 babies were registered. While Birch is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Birch by Decade
How has Birch tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Birch + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Birch as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Birch
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
Birch: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Birch?
We estimate approximately 275 people named Birch are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,246,379 Americans share this first name.
Is Birch a common name?
Birch is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 78.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 335 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Birch most popular?
Birch reached peak popularity in 2017, when 20 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Birch is approximately 21 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Birch a male name?
Birch is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Birch Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Birch Smith, Birch Johnson, Birch Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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