Boys' name · since 1914
Berle
331 babies named Berle in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1941. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,062 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 331
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Berle is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 331 have been recorded since 1914.
Berle has 331 recorded births among boys since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1914 to 1962.
- #10,062 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 331 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Berle ranks #10,062 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 331 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #10,062 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 331
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Berle's 331 recorded births place it above 77.85% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Berle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Berle's SSA record in two at 1936 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1931, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1941 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Berle popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1962
- Peak year (1941)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Berle popularity over time - girls
11 total births recorded since 1918 (Berle as girls' name)
Berle by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (102 births, 31% of the file).
1920s was Berle's strongest decade.
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Berle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
48 births
- 1920s
1920s
102 births
- 1930s
1930s
63 births
- 1940s
1940s
71 births
- 1950s 40
1950s
40 births
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 102 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Berle's decade-level peak was the 1920s (102 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Berle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1941)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1914–1962 (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 Berle 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.