Berry

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 93.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1880 · 30 births
Debut · boys
30 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,737
since 1880

Berry over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201921peak #2,289, 1934peak #305, 1880girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#12,0085
2024#13,4776#7,76510
2023#13,4626#8,9218
2022#15,3065#7,26211
2021#8,8258
2020#7,03411
2019#10,8036
2018#8,1549
2017#14,1246
2016#7,60510
2015#11,8358#7,06611
2014
2013#12,1365
2012#16,8695#8,1589
2011#16,7645#12,2875
2010#7,59110
2009#7,23611
2008#11,0376
2007#15,4916#7,09411
2006#7,42710
2005#8,2998
2004#6,97610
2003#6,25811
2002#7,0559
2001#8,3397
2000#5,92011
1999#7,1398
1998#4,19716
1997#3,87717
1996#4,87812
1995#3,02023
1994#3,10922
1993#3,14121
1992#2,67026
1991#3,10520
1990#2,78023
1989#2,06834
1988#1,84936
1987#2,83818
1986#10,9125#2,05728
1985#1,69836
1984#9,1446#1,60637
1983#1,49041
1982#1,48742
1981#1,60237
1980#1,43244
1979#8,0617#1,46441
1978#6,9488#1,18656
1977#1,40742
1976#5,21511#1,28647
1975#1,19150
1974#8,7755#1,21547
1973#1,17649
1972#1,17748
1971#96571
1970#5,4139#92674
1969#91669
1968#93061
1967#6,0426#88566
1966#6,5645#81280
1965#82081
1964#5,0088#82384
1963#746108
1962#5,8606#83882
1961#82586
1960#6,3905#80490
1959#4,6258#86478
1958#82483
1957#81386
1956#4,4678#84079
1955#5,2086#84476
1954#4,2788#77285
1953#3,68710#78682
1952#79478
1951#4,0118#77582
1950#3,42310#83666
1949#83467
1948#5,2435#87261
1947#5,2955#80573
1946#4,4176#79969
1945#4,5565#91649
1944#80161
1943#80367
1942#4,1246#83461
1941#3,2528#90549
1940#3,2088#81858
1939#3,4297#81855
1938#86951
1937#2,73510#83054
1936#2,8579#1,01039
1935#88151
1934#2,28913#91747
1933#2,54011#83455
1932#3,5687#85256
1931#3,4977#80860
1930#2,69011#83261
1929#3,3948#81563
1928#3,7437#79667
1927#3,05310#92455
1926#4,3066#87558
1925#2,61713#90056
1924#3,6658#92557
1923#3,3509#82167
1922#92856
1921#5,0995#75078
1920#92955
1919#85959
1918#81864
1917#93447
1916#70871
1915#77660
1914#83641
1913#72041
1912#64942
1911#64423
1910#63421
1909#43633
1908#46328
1907#46425
1906#8529
1905#49121
1904#56616
1903#38126
1902#55615
1901#42220
1900#49022
1899#45717
1898#41822
1897#47317
1896#43820
1895#47618
1894#59412
1893#38322
1892#38424
1891#47614
1890#43417
1889#36923
1888#40421
1887#37719
1886#47015
1885#35524
1884#32529
1883#33724
1882#33227
1881#34822
1880#30530
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Berry was already there! It came in at #305, and was given to 30 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2013–2014, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Berry
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 4,243 spots since 2024 (#7,765#12,008)
  • 4,974 spots since 2020 (#7,034#12,008)
  • 4,942 spots since 2015 (#7,066#12,008)
  • Biggest jump: 388 spots in 1907 (#852#464)
  • Biggest drop: 361 spots in 1906 (#491#852)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #305 (30 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 91 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1880–1935
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,683
  • Highest: 1 in 3,683 boys born in 1880 were named Berry (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 14.1% of all boys named Berry (807) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2018
  • Mostly girls until 2017, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s234#305 (1880)#362
1890s183#383 (1893)#453
1900s215#381 (1903)#512
1910s469#634 (1910)#758
1920s612#750 (1921)#866
1930s529#808 (1931)#865
1940s615#799 (1946)#839
1950s795#772 (1954)#815
1960s807#746 (1963)#840
1970s525#926 (1970)#1,199
1980s353#1,432 (1980)#1,813
1990s188#2,670 (1992)#3,792
2000s94#5,920 (2000)#7,564
2010s65#7,066 (2015)#9,225
2020s53#7,034 (2020)#8,636

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.

Berry in 1921

girls
#5,099
5 births · 1 in 246,612 girls
boys
#750
78 births · 1 in 14,121 boys

Top girls' names in 1921

  1. #1Mary73,984
  2. #2Dorothy39,087
  3. #3Helen34,822
  4. #4Margaret28,468
  5. #5Ruth25,783
  6. #6Virginia19,032
  7. #7Mildred17,880
  8. #8Betty17,638
  9. #9Frances15,993
  10. #10Elizabeth15,800
  11. #5,099Berry5

Top boys' names in 1921

  1. #1John58,216
  2. #2Robert52,779
  3. #3William51,862
  4. #4James49,750
  5. #5Charles29,242
  6. #6George27,476
  7. #7Joseph26,182
  8. #8Edward20,817
  9. #9Frank16,705
  10. #10Richard16,376
  11. #750Berry78
More about 1921

girls

1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 246,612 of them was named Berry, which outranked 13.1% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Berry
  1. #4,464Zenna6
  2. #4,464Zepha6
  3. #4,464Zipporah6
  4. #5,099Berry5
  5. #5,099Abbey5
  6. #5,099Adalee5
  7. #5,099Adam5

Tied with 772 names at #5,099; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. 4,238Elwanda#4,975#737
  2. 458Noreen#1,255#797
  3. 440Venice#1,375#935
  4. 343Isobel#1,312#969
  5. 306Aida#1,119#813
Fallers
  1. 612Lilia#931#1,543
  2. 345Denise#931#1,276
  3. 330Aleen#968#1,298
  4. 269Virgil#968#1,237
  5. 265Aldona#903#1,168

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 14,121 of them was named Berry, which outranked 85.0% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Berry
  1. #745Ike79
  2. #745Jordan79
  3. #745Norwood79
  4. #750Berry78
  5. #750Addison78
  6. #750Aron78
  7. #750Arvil78
  8. #760Arvel77
  9. #760Crawford77
  10. #760Evans77

Tied with 9 names at #750; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. 828Kevin#1,543#715
  2. 499Enrico#1,157#658
  3. 435Richmond#1,225#790
  4. 427Reynaldo#1,252#825
  5. 425Art#1,416#991
Fallers
  1. 391Stacy#835#1,226
  2. 279Gorden#947#1,226
  3. 248Brady#653#901
  4. 246Guillermo#812#1,058
  5. 219Lindsay#903#1,122

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1921