Recorded 1904–1954 Girls' name Peak 1920 266 births

Berma — girls' name

266 babies named Berma in U.S. Social Security records since 1904, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1900s51910s571920s741930s571940s521950s21
1920s
Peak decade

28% of everyone ever named Berma was born in this single decade.

1920
Single peak year

16 babies were named Berma in 1920 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Berma

The Social Security Administration has registered 266 babies named Berma between 1904 and 1954, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Berma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1954. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Berma performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 74 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Berma shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Berma in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Berma 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 266 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.

Berma at a glance

Last recorded 1954

Total births

266

Since 1904

51 years of records

Peak year

1920

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1954

Active since

1904

Recorded for 51 years

Last year on file: 1954

Berma popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–1904

Last recorded 1954
Peak year (1920)
16
Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
05101520 19541945193819321927192019151904 5

Berma by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
74 births that decade — 28% of Berma's all-time total
1900s51910s571920s741930s571940s521950s21

Berma by state

Where Berma concentrates geographically — total births since 1904

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Berma
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Georgia
6 2.3%
Georgia share of Berma's total US births 2.3%

6 of 266 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Berma?
266 babies have been named Berma since 1904. It was last recorded in 1954. The peak year was 1920 with 16 births.
When was Berma most popular?
Berma was most popular in the 1920s decade with 74 total births. The single peak year was 1920.
Where is Berma most popular?
The top states for the name Berma are Georgia (6 births).
How long has the name Berma been used?
Berma has been recorded in Social Security data since 1904, spanning 51 years of data through 1954.
What names are similar to Berma?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Bertha, Bernice, Bernadette, Bernadine, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1904–1954 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.