Girls' name · since 1922
Berlena
10 babies named Berlena in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #54,771 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1922
- 1920s
- peak decade
Berlena is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 10 have been recorded since 1922.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Berlena has been recorded 10 times among girls since 1922, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 1943.
- #54,771 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 10 born since 1922
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Berlena ranks #54,771 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1922, peaking in the 1920s.
- #54,771 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1922
- 1920s
- peak decade
Berlena's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Berlena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Berlena's full recorded timeline at 1943, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1922, with just 5 recorded births.
Berlena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–1943
- Peak year (1922)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Berlena by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (5 births, 50% of the file).
1920s was Berlena's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Berlena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 5 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Berlena's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 1940s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Berlena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1922–1943 (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 Berlena 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.