Girls' name · since 1904
Berma
Berma has 266 recorded births since 1904 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1920 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,983 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 266
- born since 1904
- 1920s
- peak decade
Berma is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 266 have been recorded since 1904.
Berma has 266 recorded births among girls since 1904, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1904 to 1954.
- #16,983 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 266 born since 1904
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Berma ranks #16,983 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 266 born since 1904, peaking in the 1920s.
- #16,983 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 266
- born since 1904
- 1920s
- peak decade
Berma's 266 recorded births place it above 76.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
Berma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Berma's full recorded timeline at 1931, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1904, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1920 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Berma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1904–1954
- Peak year (1920)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Berma by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (74 births, 28% of the file).
1920s was Berma's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Berma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
57 births
- 1920s
1920s
74 births
- 1930s
1930s
57 births
- 1940s
1940s
52 births
- 1950s 21
1950s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 74 births (28% of all-time use).
Berma by state
Where Berma concentrates geographically, total births since 1904
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 6 | 2.3% |
6 of 266 births nationwide.
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What to do with Berma's data
- Berma's decade-level peak was the 1920s (74 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Bermas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Berma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1904–1954 (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 Berma 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.