Given name & surname
Birch
“from the birch tree”
Birch is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the birch tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the birch tree.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Birch through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 340
- 340 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,294 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −49%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,294 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 383 as a first name in 2020; 11,555 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Birch’s family of names
In English usage, Birch as a surname is a nickname for Birchall. In English usage, Birch as a surname shares a linguistic root with the German form Birke. Birch has a related form in Burch.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Birch
- Birch BayhAmerican lawyer and politician (1928-2019)
- Birch MonroeAmerican bluegrass musician (1901-1982)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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