Berlin

Where Berlin comes from

Borrowed from German Berlin.
— Wiktionary's entry for Berlin
  • German
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1918
    First appearance
    #3,024 among girls, 10 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1974
    Berlin Auchumeb born
    Namibian footballer
  3. 1987
    Berlin Ndebe-Nlome born
    Belgian footballer
  4. 2002
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 2011
    Peak, #2,017
    97 babies named Berlin — more than any year before or since.
  6. 2019
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,337.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from German.
Namesakes
  • Berlin Auchumeb · Namibian footballer, born 1974
  • Berlin Ndebe-Nlome · Belgian footballer, born 1987

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.