Bert

Last seen for girls in 1960 at #6,390 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 98.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1880 · 348 births
Debut · boys
348 births
In top 100 · boys
15 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
33,585
since 1880

Bert over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #47, 1880boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,6956
2024#8,3129
2023#8,9218
2022#6,82812
2021#9,7147
2020#8,0679
2019#4,95119
2018#7,13611
2017#7,54610
2016#6,05314
2015#6,67612
2014#5,25217
2013#8,1189
2012#7,05011
2011#7,50210
2010#8,1399
2009#9,8647
2008#6,39313
2007#5,90114
2006#4,86518
2005#5,87513
2004#5,81313
2003#4,61617
2002#6,52210
2001#3,61723
2000#3,76421
1999#4,76214
1998#3,19124
1997#4,05916
1996#2,53530
1995#2,50030
1994#2,34733
1993#2,86524
1992#1,95541
1991#1,57354
1990#1,51656
1989#1,73344
1988#1,39556
1987#1,19565
1986#1,10272
1985#1,21461
1984#1,07669
1983#96484
1982#97785
1981#90098
1980#808118
1979#816114
1978#790115
1977#689151
1976#683146
1975#635162
1974#695140
1973#623159
1972#568199
1971#559209
1970#518241
1969#537214
1968#512217
1967#481245
1966#484252
1965#481260
1964#436335
1963#442324
1962#420360
1961#452322
1960#6,3905#400391
1959#5,0317#403388
1958#376428
1957#6,0865#420345
1956#3,91010#387376
1955#5,8285#359405
1954#4,2788#383347
1953#363358
1952#351383
1951#4,8336#349379
1950#4,3157#368339
1949#355361
1948#4,6516#337400
1947#4,3457#340400
1946#339363
1945#328327
1944#3,1399#309385
1943#304416
1942#3,4448#296418
1941#2,66811#308353
1940#3,5037#284384
1939#286373
1938#4,3425#289358
1937#3,1468#277387
1936#3,7016#278376
1935#246470
1934#2,56711#267420
1933#3,4067#261407
1932#3,0479#251462
1931#1,75020#249463
1930#3,0559#232542
1929#2,92110#225566
1928#3,1649#245517
1927#2,55213#230571
1926#2,47414#247519
1925#2,48914#245536
1924#2,66113#218620
1923#2,36615#231573
1922#2,18617#217609
1921#4,0237#207661
1920#2,26316#218593
1919#1,85520#218570
1918#2,10217#186698
1917#1,99617#210533
1916#2,36813#203556
1915#1,57122#202532
1914#1,44420#191448
1913#1,60114#197340
1912#1,29717#176332
1911#1,37212#178177
1910#1,42111#190141
1909#1,6078#189119
1908#1,08414#179120
1907#1,6397#190111
1906#1,04313#171106
1905#1,4208#154134
1904#1,17010#157120
1903#96913#142132
1902#90315#143130
1901#1,00711#133128
1900#1,17111#142153
1899#125127
1898#1,09810#126143
1897#1,1678#117143
1896#1,2138#109173
1895#1,2997#114149
1894#99810#98187
1893#96184
1892#1,4505#96200
1891#1,2136#89181
1890#97180
1889#75231
1888#1,0367#73282
1887#7889#72237
1886#76228
1885#66276
1884#1,0245#67280
1883#9205#62273
1882#52341
1881#50312
1880#47348
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Bert was already there! It came in at #47, and was given to 348 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2023–2025, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.

See more about Bert
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 2,383 spots since 2024 (#8,312#10,695)
  • 2,628 spots since 2020 (#8,067#10,695)
  • 4,019 spots since 2015 (#6,676#10,695)
  • Biggest jump: 60 spots in 1975 (#695#635)
  • Biggest drop: 112 spots in 1984 (#964#1,076)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #47 (348 births)
  • Births halved by 1895, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 15 yrs · run 1880–1894
  • Top 1,000: 104 yrs · run 1880–1983
Share of babies · boys
1 in 318
  • Highest: 1 in 318 boys born in 1880 were named Bert (0.31%)
  • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 17.2% of all boys named Bert (5,765) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,808#47 (1880)#64
1890s1,667#89 (1891)#107
1900s1,253#133 (1901)#160
1910s4,327#176 (1912)#195
1920s5,765#207 (1921)#228
1930s4,258#232 (1930)#264
1940s3,807#284 (1940)#320
1950s3,748#349 (1951)#376
1960s2,920#400 (1960)#465
1970s1,636#518 (1970)#658
1980s752#808 (1980)#1,136
1990s322#1,516 (1990)#2,730
2000s149#3,617 (2001)#5,723
2010s122#4,951 (2019)#6,842
2020s51#6,828 (2022)#8,756

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.

Bert in 1954

girls
#4,278
8 births · 1 in 242,739 girls
boys
#383
347 births · 1 in 5,875 boys

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #4,278Bert8

Top boys' names in 1954

  1. #1Michael88,568
  2. #2Robert86,331
  3. #3James86,311
  4. #4John81,168
  5. #5David79,556
  6. #6William61,426
  7. #7Richard57,042
  8. #8Thomas47,159
  9. #9Gary37,920
  10. #10Charles37,463
  11. #383Bert347
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 242,739 of them was named Bert, which outranked 35.4% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bert
  1. #3,967Winda9
  2. #3,967Wyona9
  3. #3,967Zelinda9
  4. #4,278Bert8
  5. #4,278Adonna8
  6. #4,278Adriene8
  7. #4,278Alaina8
  8. #4,655Aaron7
  9. #4,655Adonica7
  10. #4,655Aide7

Tied with 376 names at #4,278; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. 1,699Sherree#2,699#1,000
  2. 1,434Sabrina#2,236#802
  3. 932Valinda#1,738#806
  4. 748Sheree#1,071#323
  5. 421Sherie#1,248#827
Fallers
  1. 396Enola#948#1,344
  2. 311Ila#782#1,093
  3. 302Nancie#816#1,118
  4. 282Arline#904#1,186
  5. 269Candyce#944#1,213

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

boys

2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 5,875 of them was named Bert, which outranked 91.2% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bert
  1. #380Noel351
  2. #381Irvin350
  3. #382Elbert348
  4. #383Bert347
  5. #384Jorge344
  6. #385Boyd343
  7. #385Jerrold343
Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. 592Ricci#1,331#739
  2. 470Demetrius#1,357#887
  3. 382Crawford#1,378#996
  4. 310Gavin#1,139#829
  5. 296Dino#1,058#762
Fallers
  1. 504Arlin#878#1,382
  2. 347Adan#895#1,242
  3. 345Dayton#966#1,311
  4. 302Garey#966#1,268
  5. 293Bartholomew#975#1,268

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

See the top 100 for 1954