The Birdsong surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,498 people carried this name — #6,220 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 53,800 people counted. That is up 5% from 5,221 in 2000.

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In print

Birdsong in American newspapers,
1906.

Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Birdsong
The Washington Times 1906-12-09
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Birdsong
Evening Star 1906-12-07
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Birdsong
Evening Star 1906-12-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,479 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Birdsong in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1940s.

27 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Birdsong. The most, 7, date from the 1900s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 7
New South Wales 5
ACT (Canberra) 3
South Australia 3
Victoria 3
Tasmania 2
Western Australia 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Birdsong.

Who carried it

People named Birdsong,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Edwin Birdsong
    Edwin Birdsong 1941–2019 · record producer
  • Jimmy Birdsong 1925–2013 · politician
  • Ray S. Birdsong 1935–1995 · zoologist
  • Gary Birdsong 1943–2025 · preacher
  • Keith Birdsong 1959–2019 · illustrator

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Birdsong,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States286 records

286 records of the Birdsong name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 195
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 82
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record David J. Birdsong

    Born 1921 in California. Enlisted 1942 at San Francisco; apprentice electrician. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1956, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Reginald C. Birdsong

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1941, died 1998; buried at Lincoln Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Celia A. Birdsong

    Born 1906 in Finland. Registered as a foreign national in Keene, New Hampshire, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 286 records for Birdsong in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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