Berta
#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 24 births
- Debut · girls
- 24 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,286since 1880
Berta over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Berta has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 |
| 1997 | #4,660 | 22 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 |
| 1994 | #4,845 | 20 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 |
| 1992 | #4,686 | 21 |
| 1991 | #4,329 | 23 |
| 1990 | #3,714 | 28 |
| 1989 | #4,020 | 24 |
| 1988 | #3,095 | 32 |
| 1987 | #3,743 | 23 |
| 1986 | #3,459 | 25 |
| 1985 | #3,419 | 25 |
| 1984 | #3,423 | 24 |
| 1983 | #3,340 | 24 |
| 1982 | #2,704 | 34 |
| 1981 | #2,847 | 31 |
| 1980 | #3,069 | 28 |
| 1979 | #2,671 | 33 |
| 1978 | #3,009 | 26 |
| 1977 | #2,002 | 48 |
| 1976 | #1,912 | 47 |
| 1975 | #2,565 | 30 |
| 1974 | #2,172 | 37 |
| 1973 | #2,267 | 34 |
| 1972 | #2,093 | 37 |
| 1971 | #2,001 | 42 |
| 1970 | #1,952 | 43 |
| 1969 | #1,648 | 53 |
| 1968 | #1,647 | 49 |
| 1967 | #1,659 | 47 |
| 1966 | #1,736 | 42 |
| 1965 | #1,715 | 43 |
| 1964 | #1,731 | 45 |
| 1963 | #1,547 | 53 |
| 1962 | #1,314 | 71 |
| 1961 | #1,465 | 58 |
| 1960 | #1,385 | 63 |
| 1959 | #1,315 | 66 |
| 1958 | #1,299 | 66 |
| 1957 | #1,153 | 84 |
| 1956 | #1,194 | 76 |
| 1955 | #1,130 | 78 |
| 1954 | #1,102 | 80 |
| 1953 | #1,137 | 72 |
| 1952 | #1,096 | 74 |
| 1951 | #1,116 | 69 |
| 1950 | #1,026 | 79 |
| 1949 | #1,050 | 73 |
| 1948 | #919 | 89 |
| 1947 | #969 | 84 |
| 1946 | #843 | 96 |
| 1945 | #954 | 65 |
| 1944 | #971 | 64 |
| 1943 | #798 | 93 |
| 1942 | #802 | 91 |
| 1941 | #699 | 101 |
| 1940 | #714 | 95 |
| 1939 | #717 | 90 |
| 1938 | #737 | 87 |
| 1937 | #646 | 110 |
| 1936 | #652 | 102 |
| 1935 | #621 | 109 |
| 1934 | #693 | 93 |
| 1933 | #588 | 120 |
| 1932 | #583 | 127 |
| 1931 | #628 | 111 |
| 1930 | #634 | 119 |
| 1929 | #656 | 112 |
| 1928 | #634 | 123 |
| 1927 | #627 | 130 |
| 1926 | #621 | 132 |
| 1925 | #651 | 127 |
| 1924 | #708 | 110 |
| 1923 | #735 | 98 |
| 1922 | #692 | 112 |
| 1921 | #667 | 122 |
| 1920 | #705 | 106 |
| 1919 | #758 | 86 |
| 1918 | #691 | 108 |
| 1917 | #746 | 89 |
| 1916 | #769 | 79 |
| 1915 | #724 | 84 |
| 1914 | #671 | 75 |
| 1913 | #594 | 75 |
| 1912 | #620 | 63 |
| 1911 | #624 | 47 |
| 1910 | #604 | 48 |
| 1909 | #638 | 38 |
| 1908 | #617 | 38 |
| 1907 | #489 | 53 |
| 1906 | #528 | 43 |
| 1905 | #587 | 35 |
| 1904 | #500 | 43 |
| 1903 | #435 | 53 |
| 1902 | #464 | 46 |
| 1901 | #414 | 52 |
| 1900 | #453 | 55 |
| 1899 | #416 | 49 |
| 1898 | #555 | 33 |
| 1897 | #406 | 52 |
| 1896 | #514 | 33 |
| 1895 | #480 | 37 |
| 1894 | #504 | 32 |
| 1893 | #520 | 28 |
| 1892 | #471 | 33 |
| 1891 | #404 | 37 |
| 1890 | #412 | 37 |
| 1889 | #353 | 46 |
| 1888 | #394 | 38 |
| 1887 | #459 | 24 |
| 1886 | #395 | 30 |
| 1885 | #337 | 35 |
| 1884 | #377 | 28 |
| 1883 | #411 | 21 |
| 1882 | #348 | 26 |
| 1881 | #447 | 14 |
| 1880 | #326 | 24 |
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.
Where Berta is popular in 1927
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Texas#244 · 1 in 1,188
- Virginia#340 · 1 in 3,246
- Alabama#358 · 1 in 3,301
- Georgia#399 · 1 in 4,085
- Arkansas#470 · 1 in 4,051
Best ever in a state: #226 in Virginia, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #244 | 51 | 1 in 1,188 |
| Virginia | #340 | 8 | 1 in 3,246 |
| Alabama | #358 | 10 | 1 in 3,301 |
| Georgia | #399 | 8 | 1 in 4,085 |
| Arkansas | #470 | 5 | 1 in 4,051 |
| California | #479 | 8 | 1 in 4,598 |
| North Carolina | #544 | 5 | 1 in 7,832 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 286 | #326 (1880) | #385 |
| 1890s | 371 | #404 (1891) | #468 |
| 1900s | 456 | #414 (1901) | #513 |
| 1910s | 754 | #594 (1913) | #680 |
| 1920s | 1,172 | #621 (1926) | #670 |
| 1930s | 1,068 | #583 (1932) | #650 |
| 1940s | 851 | #699 (1941) | #872 |
| 1950s | 744 | #1,026 (1950) | #1,157 |
| 1960s | 524 | #1,314 (1962) | #1,585 |
| 1970s | 377 | #1,912 (1976) | #2,264 |
| 1980s | 270 | #2,704 (1982) | #3,312 |
| 1990s | 188 | #3,714 (1990) | #5,426 |
| 2000s | 113 | #6,619 (2001) | #9,947 |
| 2010s | 75 | #9,109 (2012) | #12,996 |
| 2020s | 37 | #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 1927
girls
#627
130 births · 1 in 9,173 girls
Top girls' names in 1927
More about 1927
girls
1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 9,173 of them was named Berta, which outranked 88.8% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).