Names / Boy names
Birch
Current rank
#12,294
and easing
All-time peak
#2,300
in 1913
First recorded
1913
in U.S. data
Children named
340
since 1913
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #2,300 in 1913 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
(BURCH): Clean and sturdy. It first shows up in American naming data in 1913. It currently sits off the most-common lists, a quieter choice. Only about 340 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.