Bertil

Last seen for boys in 1952 at #3,734

Peak · boys
1914 · 31 births
Debut · boys
16 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
482
since 1912

Bertil over time

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Rank among boys' names. Bertil has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #1,003, 1914boys
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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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1952#3,7345
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1948#3,3166
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1944#2,4679
1943#3,5385
1942#2,7128
1941#3,1336
1940#2,6718
1939#2,4499
1938#1,61318
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1936#2,06212
1935#2,02913
1934#2,12112
1933#3,6425
1932#2,19112
1931#2,00314
1930#2,44411
1929#2,45211
1928#2,04815
1927#2,29813
1926#2,18614
1925#1,62822
1924#2,34713
1923#1,87418
1922#3,0149
1921#1,44827
1920#2,60211
1919#1,97316
1918#1,53923
1917#1,58721
1916#1,26528
1915#1,37224
1914#1,00331
1913#1,25617
1912#1,17416
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Bertil! It came in at #1,174, and was given to 16 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1937, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Bertil
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1952
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1914 at #1,003 (31 births)
  • Births halved by 1920, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 21,121
  • Highest: 1 in 21,121 boys born in 1914 were named Bertil (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 388,727 boys born in 1952 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 36.5% of all boys named Bertil (176) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s176#1,003 (1914)#1,396
1920s153#1,448 (1921)#2,190
1930s106#1,613 (1938)#2,284
1940s42#2,467 (1944)#2,973
1950s5#3,734 (1952)#3,734

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.

Bertil in 1915

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#1,372
24 births · 1 in 35,357 boys

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #1,372Bertil24
More about 1915

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848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 35,357 of them was named Bertil, which outranked 68.7% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bertil
  1. #1,342Virgel25
  2. #1,342Winslow25
  3. #1,342Wyman25
  4. #1,372Bertil24
  5. #1,372Alejandro24
  6. #1,372Alfonzo24
  7. #1,372Antoine24
  8. #1,410Agustin23
  9. #1,410Alfons23
  10. #1,410Alvan23

Tied with 37 names at #1,372; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 691Eston#1,687#996
  2. 565Estill#1,545#980
  3. 545Garth#1,260#715
  4. 474Hiroshi#1,342#868
  5. 439Domingo#1,101#662
Fallers
  1. 674Gilmore#986#1,660
  2. 667Barnett#933#1,600
  3. 526Rose#884#1,410
  4. 517Toivo#855#1,372
  5. 461Sampson#949#1,410

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

See the top 100 for 1915