Bert

Where Bert comes from

Bert hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #47 among boys with 348 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1895
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #114.
  3. 1942
    Bert Sakmann born
    German biologist and physician (1991 Nobel Prize)
  4. 1952
    Bert van Marwijk born
    Dutch football manager
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Bert Sakmann · German biologist and physician (1991 Nobel Prize), born 1942
  • Bert van Marwijk · Dutch football manager, born 1952
  • Bert Trautmann · German association football player and coach, 1923–2013
  • Bert Hellinger · catholic priest and psychotherapist, 1925–2019
  • Bert Ira Gordon · American filmmaker, 1922–2023

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.