Bertie

#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births · Last seen for boys in 1979 at #6,056
Given to girls 94.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1886 · 151 births
Debut · girls
77 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
13,736
since 1880

Bertie over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201883peak #154, 1886peak #464, 1889girlsboys
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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#8,86011—
2024#7,59414—
2023#7,24715—
2022#10,3839—
2021#8,02413—
2020#10,2509—
2019#7,71614—
2018#9,80610—
2017——
2016——
2015#16,4195—
2014——
2013——
2012——
2011——
2010——
2009——
2008——
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1986#10,9125—
1985——
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1982——
1981——
1980——
1979—#6,0565
1978#8,5626—
1977#8,4446—
1976#9,2845—
1975#7,1737—
1974——
1973——
1972#4,30013—
1971#6,0068—
1970#3,87215—
1969#5,0579—
1968#3,61014—
1967#5,4577—
1966#4,19810#3,9485
1965#3,73312—
1964#3,10817—
1963#2,42425—
1962#2,92218#4,0335
1961#2,83919—
1960#3,09516#4,0385
1959#2,15228—
1958#2,26025—
1957#2,02829—
1956#1,66241#3,9425
1955#1,73336—
1954#1,50545—
1953#1,47344#2,9058
1952#1,42047—
1951#1,11669#3,7145
1950#1,25054#3,6815
1949#1,07769#2,8028
1948#1,01275—
1947#91594#2,8628
1946#88189#2,6908
1945#79090#2,24210
1944#718110#2,4679
1943#705118#2,5639
1942#668126#3,2126
1941#613132#3,1336
1940#635123#1,98313
1939#572138#1,95813
1938#541158#2,32610
1937#577136#2,4799
1936#484176#1,54019
1935#475176#3,2526
1934#468189#1,93214
1933#470194#3,2686
1932#435228#2,19112
1931#453202#1,53821
1930#439234#1,60221
1929#405267#2,19913
1928#336396#1,76019
1927#451238#1,64722
1926#413271#1,66121
1925#434253#1,67921
1924#433260#1,83919
1923#419256#1,94117
1922#369320#1,88318
1921#396292#1,47526
1920#378306#2,13115
1919#375299#1,38627
1918#370308#1,34328
1917#362301#2,28012
1916#343327#2,15213
1915#323342#1,66018
1914#342239#1,26022
1913#315230#1,80310
1912#304222#1,41712
1911#300174#98212
1910#278195—
1909#264184#1,0838
1908#276164#1,2176
1907#251188#86610
1906#270150#1,1116
1905#251165#1,2335
1904#222188#8748
1903#222188#1,0096
1902#206205#7949
1901#202196#68310
1900#221203—
1899#215162#1,0515
1898#227167#7449
1897#209175#9426
1896#207183#8268
1895#220154#7389
1894#196178#8577
1893#198167#50914
1892#194169#52515
1891#188156#7008
1890#188158#7398
1889#189143#46416
1888#163179#9176
1887#193108#58310
1886#154151#6948
1885#163126#57711
1884#17999#52013
1883#160106#59710
1882#16296#54012
1881#18168#5959
1880#16977#6828
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Bertie was already there! It came in at #169, and was given to 77 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1973–1974, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Bertie is popular in 1883

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Bertie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,266 spots since 2024 (#7,594 → #8,860)
  • 1,390 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #8,860)
  • 7,559 spots since 2015 (#16,419 → #8,860)
  • Biggest jump: 115 spots in 1928 (#451 → #336)
  • Biggest drop: 97 spots in 1948 (#915 → #1,012)
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1886 at #154 (151 births)
  • Births halved by 1948, 62 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 68 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 68 yrs · run 1880–1947
Share of babies · girls
1 in 957
  • Highest: 1 in 957 girls born in 1886 were named Bertie (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 20.8% of all girls named Bertie (2,859) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1986
  • Mostly boys until 1985, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,153#154 (1886)#171
1890s1,669#188 (1890)#204
1900s1,831#202 (1901)#239
1910s2,637#278 (1910)#331
1920s2,859#336 (1928)#403
1930s1,831#435 (1932)#491
1940s1,026#613 (1941)#801
1950s418#1,116 (1951)#1,660
1960s147#2,424 (1963)#3,644
1970s60#3,872 (1970)#6,806
1980s5#10,912 (1986)#10,912
1990s0——
2000s0——
2010s29#7,716 (2019)#11,314
2020s71#7,247 (2023)#8,726

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.

Bertie in 1883

girls
#160
106 births · 1 in 1,060 girls
boys
#597
10 births · 1 in 10,463 boys

Top girls' names in 1883

  1. #1Mary8,012
  2. #2Anna3,306
  3. #3Emma2,367
  4. #4Elizabeth2,255
  5. #5Minnie2,035
  6. #6Margaret1,881
  7. #7Bertha1,681
  8. #8Ida1,634
  9. #9Annie1,589
  10. #10Clara1,548
  11. #160Bertie106

Top boys' names in 1883

  1. #1John8,894
  2. #2William8,387
  3. #3James5,223
  4. #4Charles4,826
  5. #5George4,736
  6. #6Frank2,986
  7. #7Joseph2,515
  8. #8Henry2,383
  9. #9Robert2,334
  10. #10Thomas2,316
  11. #597Bertie10
More about 1883

girls

112,320 girls got a published name in 1883; 1 in 1,060 of them was named Bertie, which outranked 84.8% of the 1,054 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bertie
  1. #156Tillie114
  2. #158Ina113
  3. #159Victoria110
  4. #160Bertie106
  5. #160Eunice106
  6. #162Rena105
  7. #163Christine103
  8. #163Sophie103

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1882
Risers
  1. ↑ 391Cathryn#908 → #517
  2. ↑ 378Paula#813 → #435
  3. ↑ 372Annis#908 → #536
  4. ↑ 365Malissa#740 → #375
  5. ↑ 348Hope#813 → #465
Fallers
  1. ↓ 390Gena#530 → #920
  2. ↓ 365Minna#389 → #754
  3. ↓ 360Arie#560 → #920
  4. ↓ 360Leone#560 → #920
  5. ↓ 360Sybil#560 → #920

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

boys

104,625 boys got a published name in 1883; 1 in 10,463 of them was named Bertie, which outranked 42.0% of the 1,030 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bertie
  1. #556West11
  2. #556Wilburn11
  3. #556Winfred11
  4. #597Bertie10
  5. #597Alma10
  6. #597Almon10
  7. #597Berton10
  8. #644Alfonso9
  9. #644Alonza9
  10. #644Andres9

Tied with 46 names at #597; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1882
Risers
  1. ↑ 416Sumner#943 → #527
  2. ↑ 377Alf#837 → #460
  3. ↑ 358Arlie#837 → #479
  4. ↑ 358Everette#837 → #479
  5. ↑ 346Ocie#943 → #597
Fallers
  1. ↓ 429Morton#370 → #799
  2. ↓ 423Saul#469 → #892
  3. ↓ 403Pierce#489 → #892
  4. ↓ 378Bryant#514 → #892
  5. ↓ 352Buck#540 → #892

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

See the top 100 for 1883 →