Bertil
Last seen for boys in 1952 at #3,734
- Peak · boys
- 1914 · 31 births
- Debut · boys
- 16 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 482since 1912
Bertil over time
Rank among boys' names. Bertil has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1952 | #3,734 | 5 |
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| 1948 | #3,316 | 6 |
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| 1944 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #1,613 | 18 |
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| 1936 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #2,029 | 13 |
| 1934 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #2,298 | 13 |
| 1926 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1925 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1924 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #1,874 | 18 |
| 1922 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #1,448 | 27 |
| 1920 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #1,973 | 16 |
| 1918 | #1,539 | 23 |
| 1917 | #1,587 | 21 |
| 1916 | #1,265 | 28 |
| 1915 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1914 | #1,003 | 31 |
| 1913 | #1,256 | 17 |
| 1912 | #1,174 | 16 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Bertil! It came in at #1,174, and was given to 16 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1937, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Bertil is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#492 · 1 in 9,940
Best ever in a state: #233 in Massachusetts, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Illinois | #492 | 5 | 1 in 9,940 |
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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.
See more about Bertil
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1952
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1914 at #1,003 (31 births)
- Births halved by 1920, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 21,121 boys born in 1914 were named Bertil (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 388,727 boys born in 1952 (0.00%)
- 36.5% of all boys named Bertil (176) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 176 | #1,003 (1914) | #1,396 |
| 1920s | 153 | #1,448 (1921) | #2,190 |
| 1930s | 106 | #1,613 (1938) | #2,284 |
| 1940s | 42 | #2,467 (1944) | #2,973 |
| 1950s | 5 | #3,734 (1952) | #3,734 |
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.
Bertil in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
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890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 31,789 of them was named Bertil, which outranked 72.1% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,240Von29
- #1,240Winslow29
- #1,240Winthrop29
- #1,265Bertil28
- #1,265Ardell28
- #1,265Bascom28
- #1,265Bronislaus28
- #1,304Allyn27
- #1,304Ancil27
- #1,304Aubry27
Tied with 38 names at #1,265; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.