Bird Names For Girls
Bird-inspired girl names can be direct words, names with a bird-related root, or names that share a spelling with a bird. The notes identify the connection, with U.S. figures for the girls’ use of each spelling.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The bird supplies an association beside the older Robert-family history. | 400#704 | Up 197 rank positions in five years | 1961 | ||
The spelling recalls robin beside its Robert-family use. | 150#1,441 | Down 236 rank positions in five years | 1964 | ||
The bird itself supplies this direct word name. | 771#404 | Up 13 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
The song-thrush word gives this name an avian connection. | 537#561 | Up 280 rank positions in five years | 1927 | ||
The large bird shares this older mythological name. | 452#639 | Down 14 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
The Latin bird word gives one naming tradition an avian connection. | 6#13,413 | Down 4,945 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
The French blackbird word gives this an avian association. | 5#16,470 | new | 1921 | ||
The affectionate bird word supplies the connection. | 422#670 | Up 331 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
The small bird itself supplies the connection. | 1,331#231 | Up 129 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
The Spanish dove word gives this a bird connection. | 343#793 | Up 147 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
An established diminutive-style name with a dove association. | 30#4,582 | Up 3,074 rank positions in five years | 1917 | ||
The bird supplies an association beside the familiar short-name use. | 9#10,448 | Down 1,821 rank positions in five years | 1962 | ||
The songbird gives this a direct nature association. | 32#4,415 | Down 1,610 rank positions in five years | 1950 | ||
The wetland bird supplies an association beside the name's separate language histories. | 99#1,959 | Up 255 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
The duck word gives this a bird association beside the color word. | 13#8,306 | Down 2,248 rank positions in five years | 1994 | ||
The bird itself gives this a direct animal association. | 144#1,487 | Up 1,618 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
The small bird gives this a direct avian connection. | 35#4,156 | Down 1,199 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
The small falcon supplies a direct avian connection. | 16#6,983 | Up 1,211 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
The bird itself supplies this direct word name. | 8#11,802 | Down 3,448 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
A spelling with an affectionate dove association. | 13#7,994 | Up 2,490 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
The small songbird supplies the connection. | —Unranked | — | 1967 | ||
The bird supplies this compact avian connection. | —Unranked | — | 1983 | ||
The bird of prey supplies the connection. | —Unranked | — | 2016 | ||
The small bird supplies a direct avian word-name connection. | —Unranked | — | 2022 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.