Berl — #5244 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Berl

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,072 babies named Berl between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Berl currently holds the #5244 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Berl performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 215 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Berl shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 185 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Berl in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Berl 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 1,072 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.