Bert
Last seen for girls in 1960 at #6,390 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 98.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 348 births
- Debut · boys
- 348 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 15 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 33,585since 1880
Bert over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,312 | 9 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,921 | 8 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,828 | 12 | |
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,067 | 9 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,951 | 19 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,136 | 11 | |
| 2017 | — | #7,546 | 10 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,053 | 14 | |
| 2015 | — | #6,676 | 12 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,252 | 17 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,118 | 9 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,050 | 11 | |
| 2011 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,139 | 9 | |
| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,393 | 13 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,901 | 14 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,865 | 18 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,875 | 13 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,813 | 13 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,616 | 17 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,522 | 10 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,617 | 23 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,764 | 21 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,762 | 14 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,191 | 24 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,059 | 16 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,535 | 30 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,500 | 30 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,347 | 33 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,865 | 24 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,955 | 41 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,573 | 54 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,516 | 56 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,733 | 44 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,395 | 56 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,195 | 65 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,102 | 72 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,214 | 61 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,076 | 69 | |
| 1983 | — | #964 | 84 | |
| 1982 | — | #977 | 85 | |
| 1981 | — | #900 | 98 | |
| 1980 | — | #808 | 118 | |
| 1979 | — | #816 | 114 | |
| 1978 | — | #790 | 115 | |
| 1977 | — | #689 | 151 | |
| 1976 | — | #683 | 146 | |
| 1975 | — | #635 | 162 | |
| 1974 | — | #695 | 140 | |
| 1973 | — | #623 | 159 | |
| 1972 | — | #568 | 199 | |
| 1971 | — | #559 | 209 | |
| 1970 | — | #518 | 241 | |
| 1969 | — | #537 | 214 | |
| 1968 | — | #512 | 217 | |
| 1967 | — | #481 | 245 | |
| 1966 | — | #484 | 252 | |
| 1965 | — | #481 | 260 | |
| 1964 | — | #436 | 335 | |
| 1963 | — | #442 | 324 | |
| 1962 | — | #420 | 360 | |
| 1961 | — | #452 | 322 | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #400 | 391 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #403 | 388 |
| 1958 | — | #376 | 428 | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #420 | 345 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #387 | 376 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #359 | 405 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #383 | 347 |
| 1953 | — | #363 | 358 | |
| 1952 | — | #351 | 383 | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #349 | 379 |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | #368 | 339 |
| 1949 | — | #355 | 361 | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #337 | 400 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #340 | 400 |
| 1946 | — | #339 | 363 | |
| 1945 | — | #328 | 327 | |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #309 | 385 |
| 1943 | — | #304 | 416 | |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | #296 | 418 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 | #308 | 353 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #284 | 384 |
| 1939 | — | #286 | 373 | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #289 | 358 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #277 | 387 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #278 | 376 |
| 1935 | — | #246 | 470 | |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | #267 | 420 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #261 | 407 |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 | #251 | 462 |
| 1931 | #1,750 | 20 | #249 | 463 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #232 | 542 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #225 | 566 |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | #245 | 517 |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 | #230 | 571 |
| 1926 | #2,474 | 14 | #247 | 519 |
| 1925 | #2,489 | 14 | #245 | 536 |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 | #218 | 620 |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 | #231 | 573 |
| 1922 | #2,186 | 17 | #217 | 609 |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #207 | 661 |
| 1920 | #2,263 | 16 | #218 | 593 |
| 1919 | #1,855 | 20 | #218 | 570 |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 | #186 | 698 |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 | #210 | 533 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 | #203 | 556 |
| 1915 | #1,571 | 22 | #202 | 532 |
| 1914 | #1,444 | 20 | #191 | 448 |
| 1913 | #1,601 | 14 | #197 | 340 |
| 1912 | #1,297 | 17 | #176 | 332 |
| 1911 | #1,372 | 12 | #178 | 177 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 | #190 | 141 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | #189 | 119 |
| 1908 | #1,084 | 14 | #179 | 120 |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | #190 | 111 |
| 1906 | #1,043 | 13 | #171 | 106 |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | #154 | 134 |
| 1904 | #1,170 | 10 | #157 | 120 |
| 1903 | #969 | 13 | #142 | 132 |
| 1902 | #903 | 15 | #143 | 130 |
| 1901 | #1,007 | 11 | #133 | 128 |
| 1900 | #1,171 | 11 | #142 | 153 |
| 1899 | — | #125 | 127 | |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 | #126 | 143 |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 | #117 | 143 |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 | #109 | 173 |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | #114 | 149 |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 | #98 | 187 |
| 1893 | — | #96 | 184 | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | #96 | 200 |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 | #89 | 181 |
| 1890 | — | #97 | 180 | |
| 1889 | — | #75 | 231 | |
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 | #73 | 282 |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 | #72 | 237 |
| 1886 | — | #76 | 228 | |
| 1885 | — | #66 | 276 | |
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 | #67 | 280 |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | #62 | 273 |
| 1882 | — | #52 | 341 | |
| 1881 | — | #50 | 312 | |
| 1880 | — | #47 | 348 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Bert was already there! It came in at #47, and was given to 348 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2023–2025, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.
Where Bert is popular in 1897
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Bert
- 2,383 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #10,695)
- 2,628 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #10,695)
- 4,019 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #10,695)
- Biggest jump: 60 spots in 1975 (#695 → #635)
- Biggest drop: 112 spots in 1984 (#964 → #1,076)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #47 (348 births)
- Births halved by 1895, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 15 yrs · run 1880–1894
- Top 1,000: 104 yrs · run 1880–1983
- Highest: 1 in 318 boys born in 1880 were named Bert (0.31%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 17.2% of all boys named Bert (5,765) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,808 | #47 (1880) | #64 |
| 1890s | 1,667 | #89 (1891) | #107 |
| 1900s | 1,253 | #133 (1901) | #160 |
| 1910s | 4,327 | #176 (1912) | #195 |
| 1920s | 5,765 | #207 (1921) | #228 |
| 1930s | 4,258 | #232 (1930) | #264 |
| 1940s | 3,807 | #284 (1940) | #320 |
| 1950s | 3,748 | #349 (1951) | #376 |
| 1960s | 2,920 | #400 (1960) | #465 |
| 1970s | 1,636 | #518 (1970) | #658 |
| 1980s | 752 | #808 (1980) | #1,136 |
| 1990s | 322 | #1,516 (1990) | #2,730 |
| 2000s | 149 | #3,617 (2001) | #5,723 |
| 2010s | 122 | #4,951 (2019) | #6,842 |
| 2020s | 51 | #6,828 (2022) | #8,756 |
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.
Bert in 1897
Top girls' names in 1897
Top boys' names in 1897
More about 1897
girls
234,200 girls got a published name in 1897; 1 in 29,275 of them was named Bert, which outranked 35.1% of the 1,799 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,094Villa9
- #1,094Vinie9
- #1,094Virgia9
- #1,167Bert8
- #1,167Albert8
- #1,167Aleta8
- #1,167America8
- #1,263Albirta7
- #1,263Aleda7
- #1,263Alline7
Tied with 95 names at #1,167; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
112,757 boys got a published name in 1897; 1 in 789 of them was named Bert, which outranked 90.5% of the 1,229 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).