Bertie

#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births · Last seen for boys in 1979 at #6,056
Given to girls 94.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1886 · 151 births
Debut · girls
77 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
13,736
since 1880

Bertie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #154, 1886peak #464, 1889girlsboys
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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#8,86011
2024#7,59414
2023#7,24715
2022#10,3839
2021#8,02413
2020#10,2509
2019#7,71614
2018#9,80610
2017
2016
2015#16,4195
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986#10,9125
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979#6,0565
1978#8,5626
1977#8,4446
1976#9,2845
1975#7,1737
1974
1973
1972#4,30013
1971#6,0068
1970#3,87215
1969#5,0579
1968#3,61014
1967#5,4577
1966#4,19810#3,9485
1965#3,73312
1964#3,10817
1963#2,42425
1962#2,92218#4,0335
1961#2,83919
1960#3,09516#4,0385
1959#2,15228
1958#2,26025
1957#2,02829
1956#1,66241#3,9425
1955#1,73336
1954#1,50545
1953#1,47344#2,9058
1952#1,42047
1951#1,11669#3,7145
1950#1,25054#3,6815
1949#1,07769#2,8028
1948#1,01275
1947#91594#2,8628
1946#88189#2,6908
1945#79090#2,24210
1944#718110#2,4679
1943#705118#2,5639
1942#668126#3,2126
1941#613132#3,1336
1940#635123#1,98313
1939#572138#1,95813
1938#541158#2,32610
1937#577136#2,4799
1936#484176#1,54019
1935#475176#3,2526
1934#468189#1,93214
1933#470194#3,2686
1932#435228#2,19112
1931#453202#1,53821
1930#439234#1,60221
1929#405267#2,19913
1928#336396#1,76019
1927#451238#1,64722
1926#413271#1,66121
1925#434253#1,67921
1924#433260#1,83919
1923#419256#1,94117
1922#369320#1,88318
1921#396292#1,47526
1920#378306#2,13115
1919#375299#1,38627
1918#370308#1,34328
1917#362301#2,28012
1916#343327#2,15213
1915#323342#1,66018
1914#342239#1,26022
1913#315230#1,80310
1912#304222#1,41712
1911#300174#98212
1910#278195
1909#264184#1,0838
1908#276164#1,2176
1907#251188#86610
1906#270150#1,1116
1905#251165#1,2335
1904#222188#8748
1903#222188#1,0096
1902#206205#7949
1901#202196#68310
1900#221203
1899#215162#1,0515
1898#227167#7449
1897#209175#9426
1896#207183#8268
1895#220154#7389
1894#196178#8577
1893#198167#50914
1892#194169#52515
1891#188156#7008
1890#188158#7398
1889#189143#46416
1888#163179#9176
1887#193108#58310
1886#154151#6948
1885#163126#57711
1884#17999#52013
1883#160106#59710
1882#16296#54012
1881#18168#5959
1880#16977#6828
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Bertie was already there! It came in at #169, and was given to 77 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1973–1974, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Bertie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,266 spots since 2024 (#7,594#8,860)
  • 1,390 spots since 2020 (#10,250#8,860)
  • 7,559 spots since 2015 (#16,419#8,860)
  • Biggest jump: 115 spots in 1928 (#451#336)
  • Biggest drop: 97 spots in 1948 (#915#1,012)
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1886 at #154 (151 births)
  • Births halved by 1948, 62 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 68 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 68 yrs · run 1880–1947
Share of babies · girls
1 in 957
  • Highest: 1 in 957 girls born in 1886 were named Bertie (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 20.8% of all girls named Bertie (2,859) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1986
  • Mostly boys until 1985, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,153#154 (1886)#171
1890s1,669#188 (1890)#204
1900s1,831#202 (1901)#239
1910s2,637#278 (1910)#331
1920s2,859#336 (1928)#403
1930s1,831#435 (1932)#491
1940s1,026#613 (1941)#801
1950s418#1,116 (1951)#1,660
1960s147#2,424 (1963)#3,644
1970s60#3,872 (1970)#6,806
1980s5#10,912 (1986)#10,912
1990s0
2000s0
2010s29#7,716 (2019)#11,314
2020s71#7,247 (2023)#8,726

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.

Bertie in 1918

girls
#370
308 births · 1 in 3,759 girls
boys
#1,343
28 births · 1 in 36,196 boys

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #370Bertie308

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #1,343Bertie28
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 3,759 of them was named Bertie, which outranked 93.4% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bertie
  1. #367Pearlie312
  2. #368Kay311
  3. #369Roxie309
  4. #370Bertie308
  5. #370Dessie308
  6. #370Lelia308
  7. #373Johanna307
  8. #374Molly306
  9. #374Yolanda306

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

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 547Jesse#1,507#960
  2. 494Liberty#1,079#585
  3. 389Marilynn#1,337#948
  4. 312Margueritte#1,281#969
  5. 306Syble#807#501
Fallers
  1. 447Valentine#964#1,411
  2. 428Ottie#952#1,380
  3. 354Delora#923#1,277
  4. 318Georgene#896#1,214
  5. 299Clifford#904#1,203

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

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 36,196 of them was named Bertie, which outranked 72.1% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bertie
  1. #1,313Samual29
  2. #1,313Sanders29
  3. #1,313West29
  4. #1,343Bertie28
  5. #1,343Antoine28
  6. #1,343Bedford28
  7. #1,343Buell28
  8. #1,373Alfonzo27
  9. #1,373Ancil27
  10. #1,373Anson27

Tied with 29 names at #1,343; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 600Quinton#1,092#492
  2. 542Pershing#876#334
  3. 480Quentin#723#243
  4. 440Issac#1,264#824
  5. 339Furman#1,092#753
Fallers
  1. 473Bernhard#900#1,373
  2. 424Edson#919#1,343
  3. 394Gasper#919#1,313
  4. 352Berton#934#1,286
  5. 346Ishmael#997#1,343

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

See the top 100 for 1918