Bert — #8287 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Bert

The Social Security Administration has registered 33,577 babies named Bert between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bert currently holds the #8287 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 698 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bert performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 5,765 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Bert shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,135 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Bert in 46 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bert 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 33,577 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.