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
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 30 births
- Debut · boys
- 30 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,737since 1880
Berry 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 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #7,262 | 11 |
| 2021 | — | #8,825 | 8 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,034 | 11 | |
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | — | |
| 2016 | — | #7,605 | 10 | |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #7,066 | 11 |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | — | #7,591 | 10 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,236 | 11 | |
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | — | #7,427 | 10 | |
| 2005 | — | #8,299 | 8 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,258 | 11 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,920 | 11 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,197 | 16 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,877 | 17 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,878 | 12 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,020 | 23 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,109 | 22 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,141 | 21 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,670 | 26 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,105 | 20 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,780 | 23 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,068 | 34 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,849 | 36 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,838 | 18 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #2,057 | 28 |
| 1985 | — | #1,698 | 36 | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #1,606 | 37 |
| 1983 | — | #1,490 | 41 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,487 | 42 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,602 | 37 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,432 | 44 | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #1,464 | 41 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #1,186 | 56 |
| 1977 | — | #1,407 | 42 | |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #1,286 | 47 |
| 1975 | — | #1,191 | 50 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #1,215 | 47 |
| 1973 | — | #1,176 | 49 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,177 | 48 | |
| 1971 | — | #965 | 71 | |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #926 | 74 |
| 1969 | — | #916 | 69 | |
| 1968 | — | #930 | 61 | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #885 | 66 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #812 | 80 |
| 1965 | — | #820 | 81 | |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #823 | 84 |
| 1963 | — | #746 | 108 | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #838 | 82 |
| 1961 | — | #825 | 86 | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #804 | 90 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #864 | 78 |
| 1958 | — | #824 | 83 | |
| 1957 | — | #813 | 86 | |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | #840 | 79 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #844 | 76 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #772 | 85 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | #786 | 82 |
| 1952 | — | #794 | 78 | |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | #775 | 82 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | #836 | 66 |
| 1949 | — | #834 | 67 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #872 | 61 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #805 | 73 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #799 | 69 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #916 | 49 |
| 1944 | — | #801 | 61 | |
| 1943 | — | #803 | 67 | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #834 | 61 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #905 | 49 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | #818 | 58 |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #818 | 55 |
| 1938 | — | #869 | 51 | |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 | #830 | 54 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #1,010 | 39 |
| 1935 | — | #881 | 51 | |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | #917 | 47 |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 | #834 | 55 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #852 | 56 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #808 | 60 |
| 1930 | #2,690 | 11 | #832 | 61 |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | #815 | 63 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #796 | 67 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #924 | 55 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #875 | 58 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 | #900 | 56 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | #925 | 57 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | #821 | 67 |
| 1922 | — | #928 | 56 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #750 | 78 |
| 1920 | — | #929 | 55 | |
| 1919 | — | #859 | 59 | |
| 1918 | — | #818 | 64 | |
| 1917 | — | #934 | 47 | |
| 1916 | — | #708 | 71 | |
| 1915 | — | #776 | 60 | |
| 1914 | — | #836 | 41 | |
| 1913 | — | #720 | 41 | |
| 1912 | — | #649 | 42 | |
| 1911 | — | #644 | 23 | |
| 1910 | — | #634 | 21 | |
| 1909 | — | #436 | 33 | |
| 1908 | — | #463 | 28 | |
| 1907 | — | #464 | 25 | |
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | #491 | 21 | |
| 1904 | — | #566 | 16 | |
| 1903 | — | #381 | 26 | |
| 1902 | — | #556 | 15 | |
| 1901 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1900 | — | #490 | 22 | |
| 1899 | — | #457 | 17 | |
| 1898 | — | #418 | 22 | |
| 1897 | — | #473 | 17 | |
| 1896 | — | #438 | 20 | |
| 1895 | — | #476 | 18 | |
| 1894 | — | #594 | 12 | |
| 1893 | — | #383 | 22 | |
| 1892 | — | #384 | 24 | |
| 1891 | — | #476 | 14 | |
| 1890 | — | #434 | 17 | |
| 1889 | — | #369 | 23 | |
| 1888 | — | #404 | 21 | |
| 1887 | — | #377 | 19 | |
| 1886 | — | #470 | 15 | |
| 1885 | — | #355 | 24 | |
| 1884 | — | #325 | 29 | |
| 1883 | — | #337 | 24 | |
| 1882 | — | #332 | 27 | |
| 1881 | — | #348 | 22 | |
| 1880 | — | #305 | 30 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #305 (30 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1880–1935
- 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%)
- 14.1% of all boys named Berry (807) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2017, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 234 | #305 (1880) | #362 |
| 1890s | 183 | #383 (1893) | #453 |
| 1900s | 215 | #381 (1903) | #512 |
| 1910s | 469 | #634 (1910) | #758 |
| 1920s | 612 | #750 (1921) | #866 |
| 1930s | 529 | #808 (1931) | #865 |
| 1940s | 615 | #799 (1946) | #839 |
| 1950s | 795 | #772 (1954) | #815 |
| 1960s | 807 | #746 (1963) | #840 |
| 1970s | 525 | #926 (1970) | #1,199 |
| 1980s | 353 | #1,432 (1980) | #1,813 |
| 1990s | 188 | #2,670 (1992) | #3,792 |
| 2000s | 94 | #5,920 (2000) | #7,564 |
| 2010s | 65 | #7,066 (2015) | #9,225 |
| 2020s | 53 | #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 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 191,482 of them was named Berry, which outranked 39.5% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 29,319 of them was named Berry, which outranked 82.5% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,177Sage57
- #1,177Tito57
- #1,177Weldon57
- #1,186Berry56
- #1,186Andreas56
- #1,186Cliffton56
- #1,186Connor56
- #1,203Anibal55
- #1,203Brody55
- #1,203Dakota55
Tied with 16 names at #1,186; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.