Boys' name · since 1972
Berish
Berish has 276 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,093 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,679 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 276
- born since 1972
- 2010s
- peak decade
Berish currently ranks #5679 among boys' names in America, with 276 babies recorded since 1972.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Berish has been recorded 276 times among boys since 1972, currently ranked #5679 nationally and more common than 59% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2025.
- #11,093 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,679 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 276 born since 1972
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Berish ranks #11,093 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,679 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 276 born since 1972, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,093 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,679 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 276
- born since 1972
- 2010s
- peak decade
Berish's 276 recorded births place it above 75.56% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Berish compares
276 44th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Berish's all-time total is 25% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Berish | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 276 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 34 | 22,252 |
Berish's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Berish's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Berish popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Berish by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (97 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Berish's strongest decade.
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Berish births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 23
1990s
23 births
- 2000s
2000s
67 births
- 2010s
2010s
97 births
- 2020s
2020s
76 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 97 births (35% of all-time use).
Berish by state
Where Berish concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 181 | 65.6% |
181 of 276 births nationwide.
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What to do with Berish's data
- Berish's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (97 total births) through the 2020s (76) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Berishs (181 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Berish: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1972–2025 (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 Berish 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.