Berl
Last seen for girls in 1921 at #5,099 · #5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1917 · 25 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,089since 1912
Berl over time
Rank among boys' names. Berl has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #5,608 | 16 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,067 | 19 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,666 | 16 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,147 | 14 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,780 | 20 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,235 | 17 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,337 | 23 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,106 | 18 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,526 | 16 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,470 | 22 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,545 | 21 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,866 | 19 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #6,578 | 12 | |
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,310 | 9 | |
| 2008 | — | #7,698 | 10 | |
| 2007 | — | #8,915 | 8 | |
| 2006 | — | #7,998 | 9 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,096 | 10 | |
| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | #8,435 | 5 | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
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| 1973 | — | — | ||
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| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | #2,858 | 9 | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | #2,706 | 10 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,423 | 12 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,663 | 10 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,265 | 13 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,631 | 10 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,497 | 11 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,558 | 10 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,743 | 9 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,143 | 7 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,225 | 12 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,443 | 10 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,356 | 11 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,030 | 13 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,772 | 15 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,988 | 13 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,405 | 10 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,145 | 12 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,207 | 11 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,802 | 15 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,879 | 14 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,976 | 13 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,088 | 12 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,452 | 9 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,656 | 18 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,860 | 15 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,651 | 19 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,927 | 15 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,178 | 13 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,413 | 26 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,822 | 18 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,647 | 22 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,565 | 23 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,935 | 17 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,839 | 19 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,460 | 26 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,470 | 26 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #1,829 | 19 |
| 1920 | — | #1,820 | 19 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,695 | 20 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,539 | 23 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,396 | 25 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,949 | 15 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,782 | 16 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,772 | 13 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,273 | 7 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Berl! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1962, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Berl
- 541 spots since 2024 (#5,067 → #5,608)
- 373 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #5,608)
- 1,063 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #5,608)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1917 at #1,396 (25 births)
- Births halved by 1936, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 37,019 boys born in 1917 were named Berl (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 106,755 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.7% of all boys named Berl (215) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 124 | #1,396 (1917) | #1,869 |
| 1920s | 215 | #1,413 (1929) | #1,680 |
| 1930s | 149 | #1,498 (1933) | #1,917 |
| 1940s | 122 | #1,772 (1945) | #2,137 |
| 1950s | 94 | #2,207 (1950) | #2,752 |
| 1960s | 41 | #2,423 (1960) | #3,214 |
| 1970s | 6 | #5,355 (1979) | #5,355 |
| 1980s | 21 | #4,907 (1983) | #5,206 |
| 1990s | 21 | #8,110 (1997) | #8,511 |
| 2000s | 51 | #7,096 (2005) | #8,562 |
| 2010s | 143 | #4,337 (2019) | #6,368 |
| 2020s | 102 | #4,780 (2021) | #5,417 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Berl in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 41,370 of them was named Berl, which outranked 68.9% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,378Virgel27
- #1,378Woody27
- #1,378Yukio27
- #1,413Berl26
- #1,413Adrien26
- #1,413Alec26
- #1,413Beauford26
- #1,443Alferd25
- #1,443Algie25
- #1,443Arlon25
Tied with 29 names at #1,413; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.