Berry
Berry was given to 5 boys in 2025, #12,286 among boys’ names; 6,107 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,910 Americans named Berry and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (48% of everyone recorded); the median is 59 years old and half are between 45 and 70.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Berry by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Berry mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Berry is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
Also “a female given name from English.”
Variant of Bury and (in dialects with Mary-marry-merry merger) Barry. The given name is also a pet form of names beginning with Ber-.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Berry?
#12,286 among boys’ names, 2025
Berry fell from #7,121 in 2015 to #12,286 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 5.7 to 2.9 per million.
108 babies in 1963, the peak
Berry peaked in 1963, when 108 boys were given it, #747 among boys’ names. The 5 births of 2025 are 5% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,286 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,839 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 8 | #9,019 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,321 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,935 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,094 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,960 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,243 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,662 | 0.01 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,121 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (144)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 | #12,369 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,227 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,508 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,642 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,272 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,219 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,149 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,484 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,371 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 10 | #7,026 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,301 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,101 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,423 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,950 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,215 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,217 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,893 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,903 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 23 | #3,024 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,111 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,148 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,673 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,112 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 23 | #2,780 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 34 | #2,064 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 36 | #1,849 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,843 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 28 | #2,059 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 36 | #1,699 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 37 | #1,608 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 41 | #1,490 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 42 | #1,488 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 37 | #1,605 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 44 | #1,433 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 41 | #1,465 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 56 | #1,187 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 42 | #1,410 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 47 | #1,286 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 50 | #1,194 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 47 | #1,216 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 49 | #1,177 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 48 | #1,177 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 71 | #966 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 74 | #929 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 69 | #916 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 61 | #931 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 66 | #885 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 80 | #812 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 81 | #820 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 84 | #825 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 108 | #747 | 0.05 |
| 1962 | 82 | #838 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 86 | #825 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 90 | #803 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 78 | #863 | 0.04 |
| 1958 | 83 | #823 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 86 | #812 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 79 | #839 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 76 | #843 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 85 | #772 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 82 | #787 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 78 | #793 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 82 | #774 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 66 | #836 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 67 | #836 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 61 | #871 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 73 | #804 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 69 | #801 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 49 | #916 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 61 | #801 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 67 | #803 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 61 | #834 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 49 | #906 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 58 | #819 | 0.05 |
| 1939 | 55 | #819 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 51 | #871 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 54 | #831 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 39 | #1,012 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 51 | #883 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 47 | #918 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 55 | #834 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 56 | #854 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 60 | #808 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 61 | #834 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 63 | #819 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 67 | #796 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 55 | #928 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 58 | #877 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 56 | #902 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 57 | #926 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 67 | #821 | 0.06 |
| 1922 | 56 | #930 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 78 | #753 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 55 | #929 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 59 | #861 | 0.06 |
| 1918 | 64 | #818 | 0.06 |
| 1917 | 47 | #935 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 71 | #709 | 0.08 |
| 1915 | 60 | #776 | 0.07 |
| 1914 | 41 | #837 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 41 | #721 | 0.08 |
| 1912 | 42 | #649 | 0.10 |
| 1911 | 23 | #648 | 0.10 |
| 1910 | 21 | #638 | 0.11 |
| 1909 | 33 | #436 | 0.20 |
| 1908 | 28 | #466 | 0.18 |
| 1907 | 25 | #464 | 0.17 |
| 1906 | 9 | #860 | 0.07 |
| 1905 | 21 | #492 | 0.16 |
| 1904 | 16 | #569 | 0.12 |
| 1903 | 26 | #382 | 0.22 |
| 1902 | 15 | #558 | 0.12 |
| 1901 | 20 | #423 | 0.19 |
| 1900 | 22 | #491 | 0.15 |
| 1899 | 17 | #459 | 0.16 |
| 1898 | 22 | #420 | 0.18 |
| 1897 | 17 | #478 | 0.15 |
| 1896 | 20 | #440 | 0.17 |
| 1895 | 18 | #480 | 0.15 |
| 1894 | 12 | #596 | 0.10 |
| 1893 | 22 | #384 | 0.20 |
| 1892 | 24 | #384 | 0.20 |
| 1891 | 14 | #477 | 0.14 |
| 1890 | 17 | #438 | 0.15 |
| 1889 | 23 | #373 | 0.21 |
| 1888 | 21 | #404 | 0.17 |
| 1887 | 19 | #380 | 0.19 |
| 1886 | 15 | #473 | 0.14 |
| 1885 | 24 | #356 | 0.22 |
| 1884 | 29 | #327 | 0.25 |
| 1883 | 24 | #338 | 0.23 |
| 1882 | 27 | #333 | 0.24 |
| 1881 | 22 | #348 | 0.22 |
| 1880 | 30 | #305 | 0.27 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Berry a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 6,107 Americans recorded as Berry, 6% are girls and 94% boys. In 2025 it went to 5 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Berry: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Berry, and how old are they?
2,910 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 48% of the 6,107 Americans ever recorded as Berry. The median Berry alive today is 59 years old; half are between 45 and 70.
The 2020 Census counted 3,849 people named Berry (618 women and girls, 3,231 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,212 born in the U.S. The Census count is 20% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 221 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,090 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 858 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 442 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 172 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 124 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Berry born?
The states with the most babies named Berry are Georgia, Texas and North Carolina, with 54% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 419 | not ranked | 2.7× |
| Texas | 338 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 305 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Alabama | 176 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| South Carolina | 167 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| California | 114 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Florida | 88 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Kentucky | 71 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Mississippi | 71 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Tennessee | 61 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Berry is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Berry is most over-represented in Georgia: since 1910 it was given 2.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Berry with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 6,167 babies since 1880, Berry is the most given (99% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Berry
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Berry and names like it
- Compare Berry and BreyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sBerry peaked in 1963.
- Georgia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Berry since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Berry: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1963The year the most babies were named Berry.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Berry alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with BMost given first.