Berry

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 93.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1880 · 30 births
Debut · boys
30 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,737
since 1880

Berry over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201899peak #2,289, 1934peak #305, 1880girlsboys
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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—#12,0085
2024#13,4776#7,76510
2023#13,4626#8,9218
2022#15,3065#7,26211
2021—#8,8258
2020—#7,03411
2019—#10,8036
2018—#8,1549
2017#14,1246—
2016—#7,60510
2015#11,8358#7,06611
2014——
2013—#12,1365
2012#16,8695#8,1589
2011#16,7645#12,2875
2010—#7,59110
2009—#7,23611
2008—#11,0376
2007#15,4916#7,09411
2006—#7,42710
2005—#8,2998
2004—#6,97610
2003—#6,25811
2002—#7,0559
2001—#8,3397
2000—#5,92011
1999—#7,1398
1998—#4,19716
1997—#3,87717
1996—#4,87812
1995—#3,02023
1994—#3,10922
1993—#3,14121
1992—#2,67026
1991—#3,10520
1990—#2,78023
1989—#2,06834
1988—#1,84936
1987—#2,83818
1986#10,9125#2,05728
1985—#1,69836
1984#9,1446#1,60637
1983—#1,49041
1982—#1,48742
1981—#1,60237
1980—#1,43244
1979#8,0617#1,46441
1978#6,9488#1,18656
1977—#1,40742
1976#5,21511#1,28647
1975—#1,19150
1974#8,7755#1,21547
1973—#1,17649
1972—#1,17748
1971—#96571
1970#5,4139#92674
1969—#91669
1968—#93061
1967#6,0426#88566
1966#6,5645#81280
1965—#82081
1964#5,0088#82384
1963—#746108
1962#5,8606#83882
1961—#82586
1960#6,3905#80490
1959#4,6258#86478
1958—#82483
1957—#81386
1956#4,4678#84079
1955#5,2086#84476
1954#4,2788#77285
1953#3,68710#78682
1952—#79478
1951#4,0118#77582
1950#3,42310#83666
1949—#83467
1948#5,2435#87261
1947#5,2955#80573
1946#4,4176#79969
1945#4,5565#91649
1944—#80161
1943—#80367
1942#4,1246#83461
1941#3,2528#90549
1940#3,2088#81858
1939#3,4297#81855
1938—#86951
1937#2,73510#83054
1936#2,8579#1,01039
1935—#88151
1934#2,28913#91747
1933#2,54011#83455
1932#3,5687#85256
1931#3,4977#80860
1930#2,69011#83261
1929#3,3948#81563
1928#3,7437#79667
1927#3,05310#92455
1926#4,3066#87558
1925#2,61713#90056
1924#3,6658#92557
1923#3,3509#82167
1922—#92856
1921#5,0995#75078
1920—#92955
1919—#85959
1918—#81864
1917—#93447
1916—#70871
1915—#77660
1914—#83641
1913—#72041
1912—#64942
1911—#64423
1910—#63421
1909—#43633
1908—#46328
1907—#46425
1906—#8529
1905—#49121
1904—#56616
1903—#38126
1902—#55615
1901—#42220
1900—#49022
1899—#45717
1898—#41822
1897—#47317
1896—#43820
1895—#47618
1894—#59412
1893—#38322
1892—#38424
1891—#47614
1890—#43417
1889—#36923
1888—#40421
1887—#37719
1886—#47015
1885—#35524
1884—#32529
1883—#33724
1882—#33227
1881—#34822
1880—#30530
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Berry was already there! It came in at #305, and was given to 30 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2013–2014, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Berry is popular in 1899

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Berry
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 4,243 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #12,008)
  • 4,974 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #12,008)
  • 4,942 spots since 2015 (#7,066 → #12,008)
  • Biggest jump: 388 spots in 1907 (#852 → #464)
  • Biggest drop: 361 spots in 1906 (#491 → #852)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #305 (30 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 91 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1880–1935
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,683
  • Highest: 1 in 3,683 boys born in 1880 were named Berry (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 14.1% of all boys named Berry (807) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2018
  • Mostly girls until 2017, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s234#305 (1880)#362
1890s183#383 (1893)#453
1900s215#381 (1903)#512
1910s469#634 (1910)#758
1920s612#750 (1921)#866
1930s529#808 (1931)#865
1940s615#799 (1946)#839
1950s795#772 (1954)#815
1960s807#746 (1963)#840
1970s525#926 (1970)#1,199
1980s353#1,432 (1980)#1,813
1990s188#2,670 (1992)#3,792
2000s94#5,920 (2000)#7,564
2010s65#7,066 (2015)#9,225
2020s53#7,034 (2020)#8,636

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.

Berry in 1899

boys
#457
17 births · 1 in 6,248 boys

Top boys' names in 1899

  1. #1John6,990
  2. #2William6,086
  3. #3James4,597
  4. #4George4,018
  5. #5Charles3,147
  6. #6Joseph2,679
  7. #7Robert2,609
  8. #8Frank2,550
  9. #9Edward1,901
  10. #10Henry1,831
  11. #457Berry17
More about 1899

boys

106,211 boys got a published name in 1899; 1 in 6,248 of them was named Berry, which outranked 61.9% of the 1,200 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Berry
  1. #438Sterling18
  2. #438Steven18
  3. #438Stuart18
  4. #457Berry17
  5. #457Angus17
  6. #457Avery17
  7. #457Connie17
  8. #481Alan16
  9. #481Arther16
  10. #481Bryant16

Tied with 23 names at #457; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1898
Risers
  1. ↑ 640Rogers#1,121 → #481
  2. ↑ 600Edna#1,121 → #521
  3. ↑ 545Giles#1,002 → #457
  4. ↑ 508Sarah#1,121 → #613
  5. ↑ 461Thaddeus#885 → #424
Fallers
  1. ↓ 566Jason#485 → #1,051
  2. ↓ 564Fitzhugh#364 → #928
  3. ↓ 508Oran#543 → #1,051
  4. ↓ 493Wilber#435 → #928
  5. ↓ 443Hosea#485 → #928

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

See the top 100 for 1899 →