Bertha
#4,546 for girls in 2025, 30 births · Last seen for boys in 1986 at #6,721
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1888 · 2,450 births
- Debut · girls
- 1,320 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 51 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 207,870since 1880
Bertha over time
Rank among girls' 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 | #4,546 | 30 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,669 | 29 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,565 | 30 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,202 | 34 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,091 | 25 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,648 | 28 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,546 | 30 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,768 | 28 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,811 | 28 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,083 | 36 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,584 | 30 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,269 | 34 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,887 | 28 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,957 | 28 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,407 | 47 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,745 | 41 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,512 | 46 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,584 | 45 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,858 | 63 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,512 | 73 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,827 | 58 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,396 | 71 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,673 | 59 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,113 | 80 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,795 | 99 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,855 | 92 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,612 | 104 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,543 | 108 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,377 | 124 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,314 | 130 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,209 | 142 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,346 | 124 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,113 | 161 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,059 | 172 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,137 | 156 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,014 | 179 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,023 | 167 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,077 | 146 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,005 | 155 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,042 | 145 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #950 | 163 | — | |
| 1984 | #988 | 146 | — | |
| 1983 | #905 | 166 | — | |
| 1982 | #835 | 187 | — | |
| 1981 | #781 | 209 | — | |
| 1980 | #802 | 203 | — | |
| 1979 | #769 | 209 | — | |
| 1978 | #775 | 199 | — | |
| 1977 | #675 | 232 | — | |
| 1976 | #684 | 216 | — | |
| 1975 | #605 | 263 | — | |
| 1974 | #574 | 276 | — | |
| 1973 | #531 | 316 | — | |
| 1972 | #573 | 288 | — | |
| 1971 | #523 | 351 | — | |
| 1970 | #521 | 367 | — | |
| 1969 | #486 | 398 | — | |
| 1968 | #484 | 396 | — | |
| 1967 | #457 | 429 | — | |
| 1966 | #400 | 528 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #394 | 554 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #380 | 639 | — | |
| 1963 | #401 | 575 | — | |
| 1962 | #350 | 730 | — | |
| 1961 | #350 | 739 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #323 | 850 | — | |
| 1959 | #313 | 872 | — | |
| 1958 | #289 | 955 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #275 | 1,010 | — | |
| 1956 | #282 | 953 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #239 | 1,153 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #238 | 1,158 | — | |
| 1953 | #233 | 1,173 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #218 | 1,249 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #208 | 1,332 | — | |
| 1950 | #193 | 1,396 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #181 | 1,520 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #183 | 1,515 | — | |
| 1947 | #180 | 1,603 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #173 | 1,532 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #165 | 1,429 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #151 | 1,629 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #150 | 1,787 | #2,074 | 13 |
| 1942 | #147 | 1,757 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #140 | 1,723 | #1,821 | 15 |
| 1940 | #140 | 1,730 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #135 | 1,794 | #1,532 | 19 |
| 1938 | #131 | 1,817 | #1,741 | 16 |
| 1937 | #121 | 1,955 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | #122 | 1,913 | #1,872 | 14 |
| 1935 | #114 | 2,070 | #1,708 | 17 |
| 1934 | #112 | 2,082 | #1,783 | 16 |
| 1933 | #106 | 2,161 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #101 | 2,473 | #1,387 | 25 |
| 1931 | #102 | 2,364 | #1,843 | 16 |
| 1930 | #95 | 2,605 | #1,602 | 21 |
| 1929 | #93 | 2,800 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | #81 | 3,161 | #1,822 | 18 |
| 1927 | #80 | 3,380 | #1,561 | 24 |
| 1926 | #76 | 3,583 | #1,605 | 22 |
| 1925 | #74 | 3,772 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1924 | #65 | 4,122 | #1,628 | 23 |
| 1923 | #64 | 4,122 | #2,123 | 15 |
| 1922 | #63 | 4,419 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1921 | #59 | 4,608 | #2,059 | 16 |
| 1920 | #57 | 4,604 | #1,642 | 22 |
| 1919 | #52 | 4,754 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #51 | 5,051 | #2,165 | 14 |
| 1917 | #51 | 4,881 | #1,643 | 20 |
| 1916 | #49 | 4,900 | #1,949 | 15 |
| 1915 | #46 | 4,785 | #2,184 | 12 |
| 1914 | #41 | 3,859 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #39 | 3,345 | #1,441 | 14 |
| 1912 | #36 | 3,288 | #1,095 | 18 |
| 1911 | #36 | 2,606 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #33 | 2,651 | #859 | 13 |
| 1909 | #29 | 2,444 | #1,020 | 9 |
| 1908 | #29 | 2,384 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #26 | 2,363 | #664 | 15 |
| 1906 | #25 | 2,302 | #798 | 10 |
| 1905 | #21 | 2,434 | #786 | 10 |
| 1904 | #20 | 2,363 | #566 | 16 |
| 1903 | #22 | 2,309 | #734 | 10 |
| 1902 | #22 | 2,372 | #687 | 11 |
| 1901 | #19 | 2,257 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | #16 | 3,019 | #490 | 22 |
| 1899 | #16 | 2,294 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | #17 | 2,642 | #701 | 10 |
| 1897 | #13 | 2,502 | #725 | 9 |
| 1896 | #15 | 2,565 | #641 | 12 |
| 1895 | #11 | 2,626 | #579 | 13 |
| 1894 | #14 | 2,496 | #543 | 14 |
| 1893 | #10 | 2,623 | #650 | 10 |
| 1892 | #11 | 2,617 | #597 | 12 |
| 1891 | #10 | 2,372 | #700 | 8 |
| 1890 | #10 | 2,388 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | #11 | 2,293 | #549 | 12 |
| 1888 | #7 | 2,450 | #554 | 13 |
| 1887 | #7 | 2,037 | #544 | 11 |
| 1886 | #8 | 2,001 | #540 | 12 |
| 1885 | #8 | 1,860 | #521 | 13 |
| 1884 | #9 | 1,789 | #701 | 8 |
| 1883 | #7 | 1,681 | #799 | 6 |
| 1882 | #9 | 1,508 | #691 | 8 |
| 1881 | #9 | 1,324 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | #9 | 1,320 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Bertha was already there! It came in at #9, and was given to 1,320 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2012–2025, when fewer than 37 girls a year got the name.
Where Bertha is popular in 1889
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Bertha
- 123 spots since 2024 (#4,669 → #4,546)
- 102 spots since 2020 (#4,648 → #4,546)
- 38 spots since 2015 (#4,584 → #4,546)
- Biggest jump: 42 spots in 1973 (#573 → #531)
- Biggest drop: 100 spots in 1978 (#675 → #775)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1888 at #7 (2,450 births)
- Births halved by 1953, 65 yrs later
- Top 10: 12 yrs · run 1880–1888
- Top 100: 51 yrs · run 1880–1930
- Top 1,000: 106 yrs · run 1880–1985
- Highest: 1 in 67 girls born in 1883 were named Bertha (1.5%)
- Latest: 1 in 53,576 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #7 in 1888, was only 1 in 73 (1.4%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 19.3% of all girls named Bertha (40,120) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18,263 | #7 (1888) | #8 |
| 1890s | 25,125 | #10 (1893) | #13 |
| 1900s | 24,247 | #16 (1900) | #23 |
| 1910s | 40,120 | #33 (1910) | #43 |
| 1920s | 38,571 | #57 (1920) | #71 |
| 1930s | 21,234 | #95 (1930) | #114 |
| 1940s | 16,225 | #140 (1940) | #161 |
| 1950s | 11,251 | #193 (1950) | #249 |
| 1960s | 5,838 | #323 (1960) | #403 |
| 1970s | 2,717 | #521 (1970) | #623 |
| 1980s | 1,687 | #781 (1981) | #941 |
| 1990s | 1,400 | #1,014 (1990) | #1,272 |
| 2000s | 686 | #1,795 (2001) | #2,613 |
| 2010s | 330 | #3,407 (2011) | #4,406 |
| 2020s | 176 | #4,202 (2022) | #4,620 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Bertha in 1889
Top girls' names in 1889
Top boys' names in 1889
More about 1889
girls
178,366 girls got a published name in 1889; 1 in 78 of them was named Bertha, which outranked 99.3% of the 1,479 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
110,580 boys got a published name in 1889; 1 in 9,215 of them was named Bertha, which outranked 50.6% of the 1,111 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).