Girls' name · since 1908
Berchie
Since 1908, U.S. Social Security records show 16 babies named Berchie, peaking in 1926. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #48,446 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1908
- 1920s
- peak decade
Berchie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 16 recorded since 1908.
Berchie has 16 recorded births among girls since 1908, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1908 to 1928.
- #48,446 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1908
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Berchie ranks #48,446 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1908, peaking in the 1920s.
- #48,446 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1908
- 1920s
- peak decade
Berchie's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Berchie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Berchie splits its recorded history at 1926: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1908 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1926 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Berchie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1908–1928
- Peak year (1926)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1928.
16 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1926 with 6 births in a single year.
Berchie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
1920s was Berchie's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Berchie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s
1900s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
Berchie decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Berchie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~20 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1908–1928 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Berchie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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