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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #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 1929

girls
#3,394
8 births · 1 in 139,570 girls
boys
#815
63 births · 1 in 17,073 boys

Top girls' names in 1929

  1. #1Mary63,512
  2. #2Betty36,675
  3. #3Dorothy31,476
  4. #4Helen20,983
  5. #5Margaret19,212
  6. #6Doris16,498
  7. #7Barbara16,038
  8. #8Ruth16,021
  9. #9Shirley14,576
  10. #10Patricia13,624
  11. #3,394Berry8

Top boys' names in 1929

  1. #1Robert59,807
  2. #2James52,135
  3. #3John52,112
  4. #4William47,815
  5. #5Charles29,930
  6. #6Richard29,572
  7. #7Donald27,181
  8. #8George23,020
  9. #9Joseph21,165
  10. #10Edward17,220
  11. #815Berry63
More about 1929

girls

1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 139,570 of them was named Berry, which outranked 35.7% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Berry
  1. #3,137Wilna9
  2. #3,137Wylma9
  3. #3,137Zara9
  4. #3,394Berry8
  5. #3,394Adrianne8
  6. #3,394Alan8
  7. #3,394Aldene8
  8. #3,682Adean7
  9. #3,682Adena7
  10. #3,682Agueda7

Tied with 287 names at #3,394; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 1,951Dorla#2,623#672
  2. 797Ingrid#1,738#941
  3. 534Sydell#1,502#968
  4. 521Elenor#1,502#981
  5. 406Jeanine#888#482
Fallers
  1. 937Joline#888#1,825
  2. 259Mafalda#936#1,195
  3. 250Lorelei#994#1,244
  4. 249Ardelle#888#1,137
  5. 234Charmaine#420#654

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

boys

1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 17,073 of them was named Berry, which outranked 82.1% 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).

Ranked beside Berry
  1. #806Ruby64
  2. #806Seth64
  3. #806Theadore64
  4. #815Berry63
  5. #815Arvil63
  6. #815Aurelio63
  7. #815Barbara63
  8. #826Abe62
  9. #826Durwood62
  10. #826Gaston62

Tied with 10 names at #815; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 2,188Davey#2,843#655
  2. 554Davie#1,413#859
  3. 374Derald#1,095#721
  4. 358Vernal#1,353#995
  5. 350Ken#1,228#878
Fallers
  1. 530Adolf#950#1,480
  2. 426Quinton#913#1,339
  3. 349Thornton#963#1,312
  4. 346Verlyn#891#1,237
  5. 346Isidore#891#1,237

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

See the top 100 for 1929