Recorded 2002–2010 Boys' name Peak 2010 34 births

Berke — boys' name

34 babies named Berke in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s252010s9
2000s
Peak decade

74% of everyone ever named Berke was born in this single decade.

2010
Single peak year

9 babies were named Berke in 2010 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Berke

The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Berke between 2002 and 2010, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Berke currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Berke performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Berke shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Berke in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 34 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Berke at a glance

Last recorded 2010

Total births

34

Since 2002

9 years of records

Peak year

2010

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2010

Active since

2002

Recorded for 9 years

Last year on file: 2010

Berke popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2002

Last recorded 2010
Peak year (2010)
9
Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
45678910 20102007200520042002 5

Berke by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
25 births that decade — 74% of Berke's all-time total
2000s252010s9

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Berke?
34 babies have been named Berke since 2002. It was last recorded in 2010. The peak year was 2010 with 9 births.
When was Berke most popular?
Berke was most popular in the 2000s decade with 25 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
How long has the name Berke been used?
Berke has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 9 years of data through 2010.
What names are similar to Berke?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Bernard, Bert, Bernardo, Bernie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2002–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.