Berman — boys' name
249 babies named Berman in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
28% of everyone ever named Berman was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Berman in 1919 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Berman
The Social Security Administration has registered 249 babies named Berman between 1911 and 1986, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Berman currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Berman performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Berman shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Berman 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 249 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.
Berman at a glance
Last recorded 1986Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Berman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1911
- Peak year (1919)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 76 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1986.
249 total births across 76 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1919 with 13 births in a single year.
Berman by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 70 births that decade — 28% of Berman's all-time total
Berman decade highlights
- Peak decade 70 births
- Runner-up 61 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Berman's strongest decade
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
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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, 1911–1986 (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.