Bertram
#8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
- Peak · boys
- 1895 · 30 births
- Debut · boys
- 18 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,955since 1880
Bertram over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Bertram 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 | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,243 | 9 |
| 2024 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | #6,777 | 12 |
| 2018 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #6,324 | 13 |
| 2014 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #7,050 | 11 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #3,601 | 19 |
| 1996 | #4,185 | 15 |
| 1995 | #4,280 | 14 |
| 1994 | #3,326 | 20 |
| 1993 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1992 | #2,999 | 22 |
| 1991 | #2,295 | 31 |
| 1990 | #3,779 | 15 |
| 1989 | #3,094 | 19 |
| 1988 | #3,079 | 17 |
| 1987 | #2,838 | 18 |
| 1986 | #2,601 | 20 |
| 1985 | #2,828 | 17 |
| 1984 | #1,933 | 28 |
| 1983 | #1,748 | 32 |
| 1982 | #1,622 | 37 |
| 1981 | #1,942 | 28 |
| 1980 | #2,617 | 18 |
| 1979 | #2,048 | 25 |
| 1978 | #1,508 | 38 |
| 1977 | #1,904 | 26 |
| 1976 | #1,932 | 25 |
| 1975 | #1,455 | 37 |
| 1974 | #1,290 | 43 |
| 1973 | #1,268 | 42 |
| 1972 | #1,210 | 46 |
| 1971 | #1,127 | 53 |
| 1970 | #989 | 67 |
| 1969 | #959 | 64 |
| 1968 | #968 | 57 |
| 1967 | #925 | 61 |
| 1966 | #860 | 71 |
| 1965 | #934 | 62 |
| 1964 | #914 | 69 |
| 1963 | #984 | 59 |
| 1962 | #953 | 63 |
| 1961 | #990 | 61 |
| 1960 | #1,008 | 58 |
| 1959 | #969 | 63 |
| 1958 | #915 | 68 |
| 1957 | #966 | 62 |
| 1956 | #906 | 68 |
| 1955 | #801 | 83 |
| 1954 | #807 | 80 |
| 1953 | #774 | 84 |
| 1952 | #840 | 69 |
| 1951 | #749 | 86 |
| 1950 | #797 | 73 |
| 1949 | #782 | 77 |
| 1948 | #737 | 83 |
| 1947 | #805 | 73 |
| 1946 | #812 | 65 |
| 1945 | #753 | 66 |
| 1944 | #774 | 65 |
| 1943 | #828 | 63 |
| 1942 | #693 | 86 |
| 1941 | #671 | 83 |
| 1940 | #667 | 83 |
| 1939 | #636 | 86 |
| 1938 | #667 | 81 |
| 1937 | #687 | 76 |
| 1936 | #660 | 79 |
| 1935 | #589 | 96 |
| 1934 | #606 | 95 |
| 1933 | #498 | 127 |
| 1932 | #521 | 124 |
| 1931 | #478 | 141 |
| 1930 | #470 | 158 |
| 1929 | #494 | 141 |
| 1928 | #437 | 187 |
| 1927 | #460 | 177 |
| 1926 | #456 | 174 |
| 1925 | #427 | 194 |
| 1924 | #413 | 223 |
| 1923 | #394 | 228 |
| 1922 | #404 | 223 |
| 1921 | #437 | 195 |
| 1920 | #422 | 200 |
| 1919 | #433 | 184 |
| 1918 | #417 | 197 |
| 1917 | #398 | 203 |
| 1916 | #447 | 155 |
| 1915 | #429 | 159 |
| 1914 | #417 | 131 |
| 1913 | #436 | 95 |
| 1912 | #408 | 90 |
| 1911 | #395 | 52 |
| 1910 | #480 | 33 |
| 1909 | #496 | 27 |
| 1908 | #475 | 27 |
| 1907 | #464 | 25 |
| 1906 | #411 | 28 |
| 1905 | #410 | 27 |
| 1904 | #466 | 21 |
| 1903 | #505 | 18 |
| 1902 | #521 | 17 |
| 1901 | #559 | 13 |
| 1900 | #534 | 20 |
| 1899 | #502 | 15 |
| 1898 | #573 | 14 |
| 1897 | #584 | 13 |
| 1896 | #551 | 14 |
| 1895 | #337 | 30 |
| 1894 | #480 | 17 |
| 1893 | #538 | 13 |
| 1892 | #458 | 18 |
| 1891 | #497 | 13 |
| 1890 | #424 | 18 |
| 1889 | #434 | 18 |
| 1888 | #528 | 14 |
| 1887 | #409 | 17 |
| 1886 | #694 | 8 |
| 1885 | #411 | 19 |
| 1884 | #468 | 16 |
| 1883 | #412 | 18 |
| 1882 | #389 | 21 |
| 1881 | #442 | 15 |
| 1880 | #403 | 18 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Bertram was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 18 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2001, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Bertram
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 478 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #8,243)
- 176 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #8,243)
- 1,919 spots since 2015 (#6,324 → #8,243)
- Biggest jump: 285 spots in 1887 (#694 → #409)
- Biggest drop: 283 spots in 1886 (#411 → #694)
Rise & fade · boys
15 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1895 at #337 (30 births)
- Births halved by 1896, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 90 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 90 yrs · run 1880–1959
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,913
- Highest: 1 in 3,913 boys born in 1895 were named Bertram (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 24.4% of all boys named Bertram (1,942) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 164 | #389 (1882) | #459 |
| 1890s | 165 | #337 (1895) | #494 |
| 1900s | 223 | #410 (1905) | #484 |
| 1910s | 1,299 | #395 (1911) | #426 |
| 1920s | 1,942 | #394 (1923) | #434 |
| 1930s | 1,063 | #470 (1930) | #581 |
| 1940s | 744 | #667 (1940) | #752 |
| 1950s | 736 | #749 (1951) | #852 |
| 1960s | 625 | #860 (1966) | #950 |
| 1970s | 402 | #989 (1970) | #1,473 |
| 1980s | 234 | #1,622 (1982) | #2,430 |
| 1990s | 172 | #2,295 (1991) | #4,010 |
| 2000s | 68 | #6,634 (2005) | #8,045 |
| 2010s | 70 | #6,324 (2015) | #8,811 |
| 2020s | 48 | #7,765 (2024) | #9,236 |
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.
Bertram in 1933
boys
#498
127 births · 1 in 7,807 boys
Top boys' names in 1933
More about 1933
boys
991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 7,807 of them was named Bertram, which outranked 88.0% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).