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
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1886 · 151 births
- Debut · girls
- 77 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 13,736since 1880
Bertie over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,860 | 11 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 | — | |
| 2023 | #7,247 | 15 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,024 | 13 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | — | |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 | — | |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
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| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | — | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 | — | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,424 | 25 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,922 | 18 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #2,152 | 28 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,260 | 25 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,028 | 29 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,662 | 41 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #1,733 | 36 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,505 | 45 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,473 | 44 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #1,420 | 47 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,116 | 69 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #1,250 | 54 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #1,077 | 69 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #1,012 | 75 | — | |
| 1947 | #915 | 94 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #881 | 89 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #790 | 90 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #718 | 110 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | #705 | 118 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #668 | 126 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #613 | 132 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #635 | 123 | #1,983 | 13 |
| 1939 | #572 | 138 | #1,958 | 13 |
| 1938 | #541 | 158 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #577 | 136 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #484 | 176 | #1,540 | 19 |
| 1935 | #475 | 176 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #468 | 189 | #1,932 | 14 |
| 1933 | #470 | 194 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #435 | 228 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | #453 | 202 | #1,538 | 21 |
| 1930 | #439 | 234 | #1,602 | 21 |
| 1929 | #405 | 267 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #336 | 396 | #1,760 | 19 |
| 1927 | #451 | 238 | #1,647 | 22 |
| 1926 | #413 | 271 | #1,661 | 21 |
| 1925 | #434 | 253 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1924 | #433 | 260 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1923 | #419 | 256 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1922 | #369 | 320 | #1,883 | 18 |
| 1921 | #396 | 292 | #1,475 | 26 |
| 1920 | #378 | 306 | #2,131 | 15 |
| 1919 | #375 | 299 | #1,386 | 27 |
| 1918 | #370 | 308 | #1,343 | 28 |
| 1917 | #362 | 301 | #2,280 | 12 |
| 1916 | #343 | 327 | #2,152 | 13 |
| 1915 | #323 | 342 | #1,660 | 18 |
| 1914 | #342 | 239 | #1,260 | 22 |
| 1913 | #315 | 230 | #1,803 | 10 |
| 1912 | #304 | 222 | #1,417 | 12 |
| 1911 | #300 | 174 | #982 | 12 |
| 1910 | #278 | 195 | — | |
| 1909 | #264 | 184 | #1,083 | 8 |
| 1908 | #276 | 164 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #251 | 188 | #866 | 10 |
| 1906 | #270 | 150 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #251 | 165 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | #222 | 188 | #874 | 8 |
| 1903 | #222 | 188 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | #206 | 205 | #794 | 9 |
| 1901 | #202 | 196 | #683 | 10 |
| 1900 | #221 | 203 | — | |
| 1899 | #215 | 162 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | #227 | 167 | #744 | 9 |
| 1897 | #209 | 175 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | #207 | 183 | #826 | 8 |
| 1895 | #220 | 154 | #738 | 9 |
| 1894 | #196 | 178 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | #198 | 167 | #509 | 14 |
| 1892 | #194 | 169 | #525 | 15 |
| 1891 | #188 | 156 | #700 | 8 |
| 1890 | #188 | 158 | #739 | 8 |
| 1889 | #189 | 143 | #464 | 16 |
| 1888 | #163 | 179 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | #193 | 108 | #583 | 10 |
| 1886 | #154 | 151 | #694 | 8 |
| 1885 | #163 | 126 | #577 | 11 |
| 1884 | #179 | 99 | #520 | 13 |
| 1883 | #160 | 106 | #597 | 10 |
| 1882 | #162 | 96 | #540 | 12 |
| 1881 | #181 | 68 | #595 | 9 |
| 1880 | #169 | 77 | #682 | 8 |
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.
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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
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,153 | #154 (1886) | #171 |
| 1890s | 1,669 | #188 (1890) | #204 |
| 1900s | 1,831 | #202 (1901) | #239 |
| 1910s | 2,637 | #278 (1910) | #331 |
| 1920s | 2,859 | #336 (1928) | #403 |
| 1930s | 1,831 | #435 (1932) | #491 |
| 1940s | 1,026 | #613 (1941) | #801 |
| 1950s | 418 | #1,116 (1951) | #1,660 |
| 1960s | 147 | #2,424 (1963) | #3,644 |
| 1970s | 60 | #3,872 (1970) | #6,806 |
| 1980s | 5 | #10,912 (1986) | #10,912 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 29 | #7,716 (2019) | #11,314 |
| 2020s | 71 | #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 1948
girls
#1,012
75 births · 1 in 22,639 girls
Top girls' names in 1948
More about 1948
girls
1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 22,639 of them was named Bertie, which outranked 83.2% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).