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 1943
Top girls' names in 1943
Top boys' names in 1943
More about 1943
girls
1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 279,059 of them was named Berlin, which outranked 12.6% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 676 names at #4,691; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 62,056 of them was named Berlin, which outranked 63.8% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,431Thurmon24
- #1,431Verlyn24
- #1,431Vernal24
- #1,461Berlin23
- #1,461Alfonza23
- #1,461Algie23
- #1,461Ann23
- #1,486Aldon22
- #1,486Anselmo22
- #1,486Arch22
Tied with 24 names at #1,461; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.