Berlin
#3,780 for girls in 2025, 39 births · #5,045 for boys in 2025, 19 births
Given to girls 52.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2011 · 97 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,796since 1918
Berlin over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #3,780 | 39 | #5,045 | 19 |
| 2024 | #2,857 | 58 | #4,200 | 25 |
| 2023 | #3,386 | 47 | #4,343 | 24 |
| 2022 | #2,956 | 56 | #3,464 | 33 |
| 2021 | #2,958 | 56 | #4,011 | 26 |
| 2020 | #2,712 | 61 | #3,570 | 30 |
| 2019 | #3,337 | 47 | #5,340 | 17 |
| 2018 | #2,711 | 63 | #7,136 | 11 |
| 2017 | #2,744 | 62 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #2,446 | 75 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #2,408 | 76 | #7,066 | 11 |
| 2014 | #2,194 | 86 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #2,408 | 75 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #2,516 | 72 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | #2,017 | 97 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #2,167 | 90 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #2,316 | 84 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #2,511 | 75 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #2,647 | 69 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,701 | 66 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #3,212 | 48 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #2,851 | 56 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 | — | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #4,497 | 22 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #4,868 | 19 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | #3,966 | 10 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,386 | 11 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,658 | 8 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,621 | 13 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,760 | 9 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,784 | 9 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,854 | 9 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,300 | 13 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,997 | 17 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,315 | 13 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,530 | 11 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,506 | 11 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,631 | 10 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,798 | 9 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,902 | 17 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,743 | 9 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,143 | 7 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,856 | 17 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,246 | 12 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,019 | 14 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,123 | 13 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #1,817 | 17 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #1,988 | 15 |
| 1946 | — | #2,030 | 13 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,926 | 13 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,988 | 13 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #1,461 | 23 |
| 1942 | — | #1,537 | 21 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,446 | 22 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #1,368 | 24 |
| 1939 | — | #1,272 | 27 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,439 | 22 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,992 | 13 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,384 | 23 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,390 | 24 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,540 | 20 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,584 | 20 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,253 | 30 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,428 | 26 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,443 | 25 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,382 | 28 | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #1,436 | 27 |
| 1926 | — | #1,161 | 38 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,184 | 36 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #1,246 | 34 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | #1,256 | 33 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #1,158 | 38 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #1,086 | 42 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | #1,089 | 42 |
| 1919 | — | #1,139 | 37 | |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | #1,172 | 35 |
| 1917 | — | #1,693 | 19 | |
| 1916 | — | #984 | 42 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,217 | 29 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,101 | 27 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,365 | 15 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,174 | 16 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Berlin! It came in at #3,024, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1919, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
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- 923 spots since 2024 (#2,857 → #3,780)
- 1,068 spots since 2020 (#2,712 → #3,780)
- 1,372 spots since 2015 (#2,408 → #3,780)
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 2011 at #2,017 (97 births)
- Births halved by 2019, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 18,135 girls born in 2011 were named Berlin (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 41,212 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 41.4% of all girls named Berlin (743) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2001, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 10 | #3,024 (1918) | #3,024 |
| 1920s | 40 | #3,097 (1920) | #4,272 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 20 | #4,349 (1940) | #4,895 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 48 | #5,836 (1989) | #7,535 |
| 1990s | 169 | #4,497 (1991) | #5,698 |
| 2000s | 449 | #2,316 (2009) | #5,282 |
| 2010s | 743 | #2,017 (2011) | #2,495 |
| 2020s | 317 | #2,712 (2020) | #3,108 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Berlin in 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
Top boys' names in 1927
More about 1927
girls
1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 198,739 of them was named Berlin, which outranked 23.5% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,875Zaida7
- #3,875Zeda7
- #3,875Zoila7
- #4,286Berlin6
- #4,286Aaron6
- #4,286Adalee6
- #4,286Adalene6
- #4,805Abelina5
- #4,805Adaleen5
- #4,805Adamae5
Tied with 518 names at #4,286; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 41,738 of them was named Berlin, which outranked 70.1% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,407Thurmon28
- #1,407Wendel28
- #1,407Wray28
- #1,436Berlin27
- #1,436Adrien27
- #1,436Apolinar27
- #1,436Celestino27
- #1,468Amador26
- #1,468Anastacio26
- #1,468Ancil26
Tied with 31 names at #1,436; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.