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
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 30 births
- Debut · boys
- 30 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,737since 1880
Berry 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 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #7,262 | 11 |
| 2021 | — | #8,825 | 8 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,034 | 11 | |
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | — | |
| 2016 | — | #7,605 | 10 | |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #7,066 | 11 |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | — | #7,591 | 10 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,236 | 11 | |
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | — | #7,427 | 10 | |
| 2005 | — | #8,299 | 8 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,258 | 11 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,920 | 11 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,197 | 16 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,877 | 17 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,878 | 12 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,020 | 23 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,109 | 22 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,141 | 21 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,670 | 26 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,105 | 20 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,780 | 23 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,068 | 34 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,849 | 36 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,838 | 18 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #2,057 | 28 |
| 1985 | — | #1,698 | 36 | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #1,606 | 37 |
| 1983 | — | #1,490 | 41 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,487 | 42 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,602 | 37 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,432 | 44 | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #1,464 | 41 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #1,186 | 56 |
| 1977 | — | #1,407 | 42 | |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #1,286 | 47 |
| 1975 | — | #1,191 | 50 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #1,215 | 47 |
| 1973 | — | #1,176 | 49 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,177 | 48 | |
| 1971 | — | #965 | 71 | |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #926 | 74 |
| 1969 | — | #916 | 69 | |
| 1968 | — | #930 | 61 | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #885 | 66 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #812 | 80 |
| 1965 | — | #820 | 81 | |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #823 | 84 |
| 1963 | — | #746 | 108 | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #838 | 82 |
| 1961 | — | #825 | 86 | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #804 | 90 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #864 | 78 |
| 1958 | — | #824 | 83 | |
| 1957 | — | #813 | 86 | |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | #840 | 79 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #844 | 76 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #772 | 85 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | #786 | 82 |
| 1952 | — | #794 | 78 | |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | #775 | 82 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | #836 | 66 |
| 1949 | — | #834 | 67 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #872 | 61 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #805 | 73 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #799 | 69 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #916 | 49 |
| 1944 | — | #801 | 61 | |
| 1943 | — | #803 | 67 | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #834 | 61 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #905 | 49 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | #818 | 58 |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #818 | 55 |
| 1938 | — | #869 | 51 | |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 | #830 | 54 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #1,010 | 39 |
| 1935 | — | #881 | 51 | |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | #917 | 47 |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 | #834 | 55 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #852 | 56 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #808 | 60 |
| 1930 | #2,690 | 11 | #832 | 61 |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | #815 | 63 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #796 | 67 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #924 | 55 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #875 | 58 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 | #900 | 56 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | #925 | 57 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | #821 | 67 |
| 1922 | — | #928 | 56 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #750 | 78 |
| 1920 | — | #929 | 55 | |
| 1919 | — | #859 | 59 | |
| 1918 | — | #818 | 64 | |
| 1917 | — | #934 | 47 | |
| 1916 | — | #708 | 71 | |
| 1915 | — | #776 | 60 | |
| 1914 | — | #836 | 41 | |
| 1913 | — | #720 | 41 | |
| 1912 | — | #649 | 42 | |
| 1911 | — | #644 | 23 | |
| 1910 | — | #634 | 21 | |
| 1909 | — | #436 | 33 | |
| 1908 | — | #463 | 28 | |
| 1907 | — | #464 | 25 | |
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | #491 | 21 | |
| 1904 | — | #566 | 16 | |
| 1903 | — | #381 | 26 | |
| 1902 | — | #556 | 15 | |
| 1901 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1900 | — | #490 | 22 | |
| 1899 | — | #457 | 17 | |
| 1898 | — | #418 | 22 | |
| 1897 | — | #473 | 17 | |
| 1896 | — | #438 | 20 | |
| 1895 | — | #476 | 18 | |
| 1894 | — | #594 | 12 | |
| 1893 | — | #383 | 22 | |
| 1892 | — | #384 | 24 | |
| 1891 | — | #476 | 14 | |
| 1890 | — | #434 | 17 | |
| 1889 | — | #369 | 23 | |
| 1888 | — | #404 | 21 | |
| 1887 | — | #377 | 19 | |
| 1886 | — | #470 | 15 | |
| 1885 | — | #355 | 24 | |
| 1884 | — | #325 | 29 | |
| 1883 | — | #337 | 24 | |
| 1882 | — | #332 | 27 | |
| 1881 | — | #348 | 22 | |
| 1880 | — | #305 | 30 | |
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 1965
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- South Carolina#296 · 1 in 2,405
- Kentucky#381 · 1 in 5,904
- Mississippi#408 · 1 in 4,497
- North Carolina#417 · 1 in 5,695
- Georgia#464 · 1 in 6,381
Best ever in a state: #212 in South Carolina, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #296 | 10 | 1 in 2,405 |
| Kentucky | #381 | 5 | 1 in 5,904 |
| Mississippi | #408 | 5 | 1 in 4,497 |
| North Carolina | #417 | 8 | 1 in 5,695 |
| Georgia | #464 | 7 | 1 in 6,381 |
| Texas | #743 | 8 | 1 in 12,960 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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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
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 234 | #305 (1880) | #362 |
| 1890s | 183 | #383 (1893) | #453 |
| 1900s | 215 | #381 (1903) | #512 |
| 1910s | 469 | #634 (1910) | #758 |
| 1920s | 612 | #750 (1921) | #866 |
| 1930s | 529 | #808 (1931) | #865 |
| 1940s | 615 | #799 (1946) | #839 |
| 1950s | 795 | #772 (1954) | #815 |
| 1960s | 807 | #746 (1963) | #840 |
| 1970s | 525 | #926 (1970) | #1,199 |
| 1980s | 353 | #1,432 (1980) | #1,813 |
| 1990s | 188 | #2,670 (1992) | #3,792 |
| 2000s | 94 | #5,920 (2000) | #7,564 |
| 2010s | 65 | #7,066 (2015) | #9,225 |
| 2020s | 53 | #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 1965
boys
#820
81 births · 1 in 22,965 boys
Top boys' names in 1965
More about 1965
boys
1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 22,965 of them was named Berry, which outranked 81.5% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).