Unisex name · since 1914
Berlie
Berlie has 188 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1920 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,330 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 188
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Berlie is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 188 have been recorded since 1914.
Berlie has 188 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 1947.
- #13,330 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 188 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Berlie ranks #13,330 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 188 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #13,330 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 188
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Berlie's 188 recorded births place it above 70.64% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Berlie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Berlie's full recorded timeline at 1927, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1916, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1920 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Berlie popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1947
- Peak year (1920)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Berlie popularity over time - girls
103 total births recorded since 1904 (Berlie as girls' name)
Berlie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (84 births, 45% of the file).
1920s was Berlie's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Berlie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
39 births
- 1920s
1920s
84 births
- 1930s
1930s
47 births
- 1940s 18
1940s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 84 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Berlie's decade-level peak was the 1920s (84 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 1940s -- 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 Berlie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~33 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, 1914–1947 (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 Berlie 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.