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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201967peak #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 1967

girls
#6,042
6 births · 1 in 275,171 girls
boys
#885
66 births · 1 in 26,421 boys

Top girls' names in 1967

  1. #1Lisa52,437
  2. #2Kimberly33,097
  3. #3Michelle30,827
  4. #4Mary25,316
  5. #5Susan22,262
  6. #6Karen21,537
  7. #7Angela19,555
  8. #8Tammy18,652
  9. #9Melissa18,377
  10. #10Jennifer18,236
  11. #6,042Berry6

Top boys' names in 1967

  1. #1Michael82,411
  2. #2David66,806
  3. #3James61,683
  4. #4John61,600
  5. #5Robert56,369
  6. #6William37,615
  7. #7Mark34,910
  8. #8Richard33,585
  9. #9Christopher29,413
  10. #10Brian28,646
  11. #885Berry66
More about 1967

girls

1,651,025 girls got a published name in 1967; 1 in 275,171 of them was named Berry, which outranked 23.1% of the 7,852 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Berry
  1. #5,457Zandria7
  2. #5,457Zenna7
  3. #5,457Zeta7
  4. #6,042Berry6
  5. #6,042Adine6
  6. #6,042Adora6
  7. #6,042Adrean6
  8. #6,804Adah5
  9. #6,804Adair5
  10. #6,804Adeana5

Tied with 761 names at #6,042; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. 1,873Anissa#2,519#646
  2. 1,660Buffy#2,453#793
  3. 1,522Nichelle#2,022#500
  4. 893Josette#1,621#728
  5. 862Lissette#1,600#738
Fallers
  1. 792Tatia#668#1,460
  2. 531Inger#929#1,460
  3. 400Sonji#639#1,039
  4. 389Sunday#983#1,372
  5. 325Cinda#944#1,269

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

boys

1,743,811 boys got a published name in 1967; 1 in 26,421 of them was named Berry, which outranked 80.6% of the 4,551 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Berry
  1. #875Jonas67
  2. #875Reginal67
  3. #875Royal67
  4. #885Berry66
  5. #885Cedrick66
  6. #885Darell66
  7. #885Darien66
  8. #893Angela65
  9. #893Benedict65
  10. #893Claudio65

Tied with 7 names at #885; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. 1,048Alfie#1,963#915
  2. 548Waylon#1,540#992
  3. 519Ariel#1,450#931
  4. 430Brendon#1,345#915
  5. 416Terrill#1,259#843
Fallers
  1. 443German#968#1,411
  2. 396Darry#916#1,312
  3. 346Regan#835#1,181
  4. 337Caleb#916#1,253
  5. 317Winfred#785#1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1967