Berton
Last seen for boys in 2009 at #12,491
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,874since 1880
Berton over time
Rank among boys' names. Berton has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
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| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #2,130 | 16 |
| 1968 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #1,809 | 19 |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | #2,310 | 13 |
| 1963 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1962 | #2,117 | 15 |
| 1961 | #1,948 | 18 |
| 1960 | #1,812 | 20 |
| 1959 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | #2,026 | 16 |
| 1957 | #1,751 | 21 |
| 1956 | #2,091 | 15 |
| 1955 | #1,646 | 22 |
| 1954 | #1,762 | 19 |
| 1953 | #1,592 | 23 |
| 1952 | #1,749 | 19 |
| 1951 | #1,598 | 22 |
| 1950 | #1,572 | 22 |
| 1949 | #1,297 | 31 |
| 1948 | #1,656 | 20 |
| 1947 | #1,733 | 19 |
| 1946 | #1,409 | 25 |
| 1945 | #1,406 | 22 |
| 1944 | #1,400 | 23 |
| 1943 | #1,240 | 31 |
| 1942 | #1,298 | 29 |
| 1941 | #1,633 | 18 |
| 1940 | #1,251 | 29 |
| 1939 | #1,297 | 26 |
| 1938 | #963 | 43 |
| 1937 | #1,233 | 29 |
| 1936 | #1,095 | 35 |
| 1935 | #1,194 | 31 |
| 1934 | #1,293 | 27 |
| 1933 | #1,028 | 39 |
| 1932 | #1,090 | 38 |
| 1931 | #1,217 | 32 |
| 1930 | #1,037 | 44 |
| 1929 | #1,272 | 31 |
| 1928 | #927 | 53 |
| 1927 | #1,145 | 39 |
| 1926 | #1,124 | 40 |
| 1925 | #1,040 | 44 |
| 1924 | #960 | 53 |
| 1923 | #1,128 | 40 |
| 1922 | #1,181 | 37 |
| 1921 | #1,226 | 35 |
| 1920 | #1,020 | 46 |
| 1919 | #1,122 | 38 |
| 1918 | #1,286 | 30 |
| 1917 | #934 | 47 |
| 1916 | #1,206 | 30 |
| 1915 | #1,342 | 25 |
| 1914 | #1,545 | 16 |
| 1913 | #1,146 | 20 |
| 1912 | #1,174 | 16 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #966 | 7 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #956 | 6 |
| 1891 | #635 | 9 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #752 | 7 |
| 1886 | #694 | 8 |
| 1885 | #836 | 6 |
| 1884 | #764 | 7 |
| 1883 | #597 | 10 |
| 1882 | #611 | 10 |
| 1881 | #595 | 9 |
| 1880 | #682 | 8 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Berton was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1890, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Berton is popular in 1928
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#532 · 1 in 13,979
Best ever in a state: #232 in Minnesota, 1913.
Show every state
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| New York | #532 | 7 | 1 in 13,979 |
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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 Berton
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
- Biggest jump: 272 spots in 1917 (#1,206 → #934)
- Biggest drop: 352 spots in 1918 (#934 → #1,286)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #595 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1888, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1880–1887
- Highest: 1 in 10,463 boys born in 1883 were named Berton (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 396,715 boys born in 2009 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #595 in 1881, was only 1 in 11,193 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.3% of all boys named Berton (418) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 65 | #595 (1881) | #691 |
| 1890s | 26 | #635 (1891) | #901 |
| 1900s | 18 | #966 (1904) | #1,166 |
| 1910s | 227 | #934 (1917) | #1,277 |
| 1920s | 418 | #927 (1928) | #1,102 |
| 1930s | 344 | #963 (1938) | #1,145 |
| 1940s | 247 | #1,240 (1943) | #1,432 |
| 1950s | 194 | #1,572 (1950) | #1,790 |
| 1960s | 147 | #1,809 (1967) | #2,198 |
| 1970s | 100 | #2,751 (1975) | #3,509 |
| 1980s | 52 | #2,831 (1980) | #5,627 |
| 1990s | 26 | #6,228 (1993) | #7,454 |
| 2000s | 10 | #10,894 (2003) | #11,693 |
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.
Berton in 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
More about 1928
boys
1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 20,898 of them was named Berton, which outranked 80.4% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).