Berton

Last seen for boys in 2009 at #12,491

Peak · boys
1881 · 9 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,874
since 1880

Berton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Berton has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201944peak #595, 1881boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009#12,4915
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003#10,8945
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998#7,5607
1997
1996
1995#7,7926
1994
1993#6,2288
1992
1991#8,2365
1990
1989#6,9416
1988#6,4266
1987#6,0896
1986
1985#6,5235
1984
1983
1982#5,6196
1981#4,9617
1980#2,83116
1979#5,3556
1978#3,21512
1977#3,60610
1976#4,0128
1975#2,75114
1974#3,8378
1973#3,22310
1972#2,99111
1971#2,81312
1970#3,2829
1969#2,13016
1968#2,57611
1967#1,80919
1966#2,46511
1965#2,61710
1964#2,31013
1963#2,20014
1962#2,11715
1961#1,94818
1960#1,81220
1959#2,11115
1958#2,02616
1957#1,75121
1956#2,09115
1955#1,64622
1954#1,76219
1953#1,59223
1952#1,74919
1951#1,59822
1950#1,57222
1949#1,29731
1948#1,65620
1947#1,73319
1946#1,40925
1945#1,40622
1944#1,40023
1943#1,24031
1942#1,29829
1941#1,63318
1940#1,25129
1939#1,29726
1938#96343
1937#1,23329
1936#1,09535
1935#1,19431
1934#1,29327
1933#1,02839
1932#1,09038
1931#1,21732
1930#1,03744
1929#1,27231
1928#92753
1927#1,14539
1926#1,12440
1925#1,04044
1924#96053
1923#1,12840
1922#1,18137
1921#1,22635
1920#1,02046
1919#1,12238
1918#1,28630
1917#93447
1916#1,20630
1915#1,34225
1914#1,54516
1913#1,14620
1912#1,17416
1911#1,7405
1910
1909#1,4405
1908
1907
1906
1905#1,0916
1904#9667
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897#1,0575
1896
1895
1894#9546
1893
1892#9566
1891#6359
1890
1889
1888
1887#7527
1886#6948
1885#8366
1884#7647
1883#59710
1882#61110
1881#5959
1880#6828
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Berton was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1890, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Berton
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
  • Biggest jump: 272 spots in 1917 (#1,206#934)
  • Biggest drop: 352 spots in 1918 (#934#1,286)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #595 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1888, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1880–1887
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,463
  • Highest: 1 in 10,463 boys born in 1883 were named Berton (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 396,715 boys born in 2009 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #595 in 1881, was only 1 in 11,193 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 22.3% of all boys named Berton (418) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s65#595 (1881)#691
1890s26#635 (1891)#901
1900s18#966 (1904)#1,166
1910s227#934 (1917)#1,277
1920s418#927 (1928)#1,102
1930s344#963 (1938)#1,145
1940s247#1,240 (1943)#1,432
1950s194#1,572 (1950)#1,790
1960s147#1,809 (1967)#2,198
1970s100#2,751 (1975)#3,509
1980s52#2,831 (1980)#5,627
1990s26#6,228 (1993)#7,454
2000s10#10,894 (2003)#11,693

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.

Berton in 1944

boys
#1,400
23 births · 1 in 59,255 boys

Top boys' names in 1944

  1. #1James76,951
  2. #2Robert70,855
  3. #3John66,616
  4. #4William52,375
  5. #5Richard45,643
  6. #6David37,382
  7. #7Charles34,662
  8. #8Thomas31,604
  9. #9Michael26,717
  10. #10Ronald25,513
  11. #1,400Berton23
More about 1944

boys

1,362,875 boys got a published name in 1944; 1 in 59,255 of them was named Berton, which outranked 64.2% of the 3,909 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Berton
  1. #1,370Washington24
  2. #1,370Watson24
  3. #1,370Wendel24
  4. #1,400Berton23
  5. #1,400Alexis23
  6. #1,400Alferd23
  7. #1,400Alois23
  8. #1,438Agapito22
  9. #1,438Allie22
  10. #1,438Amador22

Tied with 37 names at #1,400; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. 647Rickie#1,461#814
  2. 586Rusty#1,577#991
  3. 585Humberto#1,280#695
  4. 408Llewellyn#1,343#935
  5. 402Hilario#1,308#906
Fallers
  1. 359Elwyn#923#1,282
  2. 356Albin#856#1,212
  3. 348Prentiss#980#1,328
  4. 286Barrie#969#1,255
  5. 269Duke#986#1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1944