Berta

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births

Peak · girls
#326
1880 · 24 births
Debut · girls
1880
24 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,286
since 1880

Berta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Berta has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201897peak #326, 1880girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#10,1079
2024#10,2719
2023#13,4626
2022—
2021#15,2515
2020#11,0908
2019#10,4739
2018#11,4278
2017#15,9025
2016#16,2155
2015#16,4195
2014#14,5586
2013#10,23510
2012#9,10912
2011#13,3477
2010#12,2768
2009#13,7047
2008#12,5798
2007#9,00713
2006#8,71513
2005#8,88312
2004#7,07716
2003#7,58014
2002#15,4325
2001#6,61916
2000#9,8749
1999#8,80510
1998#6,07316
1997#4,66022
1996#5,77116
1995#5,95815
1994#4,84520
1993#5,41917
1992#4,68621
1991#4,32923
1990#3,71428
1989#4,02024
1988#3,09532
1987#3,74323
1986#3,45925
1985#3,41925
1984#3,42324
1983#3,34024
1982#2,70434
1981#2,84731
1980#3,06928
1979#2,67133
1978#3,00926
1977#2,00248
1976#1,91247
1975#2,56530
1974#2,17237
1973#2,26734
1972#2,09337
1971#2,00142
1970#1,95243
1969#1,64853
1968#1,64749
1967#1,65947
1966#1,73642
1965#1,71543
1964#1,73145
1963#1,54753
1962#1,31471
1961#1,46558
1960#1,38563
1959#1,31566
1958#1,29966
1957#1,15384
1956#1,19476
1955#1,13078
1954#1,10280
1953#1,13772
1952#1,09674
1951#1,11669
1950#1,02679
1949#1,05073
1948#91989
1947#96984
1946#84396
1945#95465
1944#97164
1943#79893
1942#80291
1941#699101
1940#71495
1939#71790
1938#73787
1937#646110
1936#652102
1935#621109
1934#69393
1933#588120
1932#583127
1931#628111
1930#634119
1929#656112
1928#634123
1927#627130
1926#621132
1925#651127
1924#708110
1923#73598
1922#692112
1921#667122
1920#705106
1919#75886
1918#691108
1917#74689
1916#76979
1915#72484
1914#67175
1913#59475
1912#62063
1911#62447
1910#60448
1909#63838
1908#61738
1907#48953
1906#52843
1905#58735
1904#50043
1903#43553
1902#46446
1901#41452
1900#45355
1899#41649
1898#55533
1897#40652
1896#51433
1895#48037
1894#50432
1893#52028
1892#47133
1891#40437
1890#41237
1889#35346
1888#39438
1887#45924
1886#39530
1885#33735
1884#37728
1883#41121
1882#34826
1881#44714
1880#32624
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Berta was already there! It came in at #326, and was given to 24 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 2021–2022, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Berta
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 164 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #10,107)
  • 983 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #10,107)
  • 6,312 spots since 2015 (#16,419 → #10,107)
  • Biggest jump: 139 spots in 1899 (#555 → #416)
  • Biggest drop: 173 spots in 1944 (#798 → #971)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #326 (24 births)
  • Births halved by 1999, 119 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 69 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 69 yrs · run 1880–1948
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,791
  • Highest: 1 in 3,791 girls born in 1880 were named Berta (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 16.1% of all girls named Berta (1,172) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s286#326 (1880)#385
1890s371#404 (1891)#468
1900s456#414 (1901)#513
1910s754#594 (1913)#680
1920s1,172#621 (1926)#670
1930s1,068#583 (1932)#650
1940s851#699 (1941)#872
1950s744#1,026 (1950)#1,157
1960s524#1,314 (1962)#1,585
1970s377#1,912 (1976)#2,264
1980s270#2,704 (1982)#3,312
1990s188#3,714 (1990)#5,426
2000s113#6,619 (2001)#9,947
2010s75#9,109 (2012)#12,996
2020s37#10,107 (2025)#12,036

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Berta in 1897

girls
#406
52 births · 1 in 4,504 girls

Top girls' names in 1897

  1. #1Mary13,413
  2. #2Anna5,429
  3. #3Helen4,519
  4. #4Margaret4,146
  5. #5Ruth3,878
  6. #6Elizabeth3,442
  7. #7Florence3,369
  8. #8Ethel3,182
  9. #9Marie3,078
  10. #10Emma2,698
  11. #406Berta52
More about 1897

girls

234,200 girls got a published name in 1897; 1 in 4,504 of them was named Berta, which outranked 77.4% of the 1,799 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Berta
  1. #397Pearle53
  2. #397Rhea53
  3. #397Yvonne53
  4. #406Berta52
  5. #406Eddie52
  6. #408Alva51
  7. #408Ester51
  8. #408Glenna51

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1896
Risers
  1. ↑ 688Lupe#1,583 → #895
  2. ↑ 652Carl#1,583 → #931
  3. ↑ 652Dortha#1,583 → #931
  4. ↑ 652Judy#1,583 → #931
  5. ↑ 630Dagmar#1,416 → #786
Fallers
  1. ↓ 848Myrta#707 → #1,555
  2. ↓ 848Ouida#707 → #1,555
  3. ↓ 712Jeanie#843 → #1,555
  4. ↓ 652Orrie#903 → #1,555
  5. ↓ 605Louetta#950 → #1,555

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

See the top 100 for 1897 →