Bert
Bert was given to 6 boys in 2025, #10,862 among boys’ names; 34,242 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 9,850 Americans named Bert and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (29% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 55 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Bert by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Bert mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Bert is “a diminutive form of male given names containing the element bert, such as Albert or Robert, also used as a formal given name.” Its etymology gives the sense “bright” (bert/berht/beraht/brecht).
Shortened version of Bertrand, Albert, Bertram, Robert, Herbert, Gilbert or any name containing the Germanic element bert/berht/beraht/brecht “bright”.
/bɝt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Bert?
#10,862 among boys’ names, 2025
Bert fell from #6,715 in 2015 to #10,862 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 6.3 to 3.5 per million.
715 babies in 1918, the peak
Bert peaked in 1918, when 715 babies were given it (698 boys, #186 among boys’ names). The 6 births of 2025 are under 1% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,862 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,390 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 8 | #9,020 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,875 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,851 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,158 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,981 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,177 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,632 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,078 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12 | #6,715 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,272 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,185 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,113 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,569 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,217 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,986 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,431 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,943 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,878 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,904 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,842 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,628 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,584 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,620 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,776 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,782 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,199 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,073 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 30 | #2,534 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 30 | #2,510 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 33 | #2,348 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,870 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 41 | #1,950 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 54 | #1,568 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 56 | #1,511 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 44 | #1,730 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 56 | #1,391 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 65 | #1,194 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 72 | #1,102 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 61 | #1,213 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 69 | #1,076 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 84 | #965 | 0.05 |
| 1982 | 85 | #977 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 98 | #900 | 0.05 |
| 1980 | 118 | #809 | 0.07 |
| 1979 | 114 | #816 | 0.07 |
| 1978 | 115 | #790 | 0.07 |
| 1977 | 151 | #689 | 0.09 |
| 1976 | 146 | #683 | 0.09 |
| 1975 | 162 | #635 | 0.10 |
| 1974 | 140 | #695 | 0.09 |
| 1973 | 159 | #623 | 0.10 |
| 1972 | 199 | #568 | 0.12 |
| 1971 | 209 | #559 | 0.12 |
| 1970 | 241 | #518 | 0.13 |
| 1969 | 214 | #538 | 0.12 |
| 1968 | 217 | #512 | 0.12 |
| 1967 | 245 | #481 | 0.14 |
| 1966 | 252 | #484 | 0.14 |
| 1965 | 260 | #481 | 0.14 |
| 1964 | 335 | #436 | 0.17 |
| 1963 | 324 | #442 | 0.16 |
| 1962 | 360 | #420 | 0.17 |
| 1961 | 322 | #452 | 0.15 |
| 1960 | 391 | #400 | 0.18 |
| 1959 | 388 | #403 | 0.18 |
| 1958 | 428 | #376 | 0.20 |
| 1957 | 345 | #419 | 0.16 |
| 1956 | 376 | #386 | 0.18 |
| 1955 | 405 | #358 | 0.20 |
| 1954 | 347 | #382 | 0.17 |
| 1953 | 358 | #362 | 0.18 |
| 1952 | 383 | #350 | 0.20 |
| 1951 | 379 | #348 | 0.20 |
| 1950 | 339 | #367 | 0.19 |
| 1949 | 361 | #355 | 0.20 |
| 1948 | 400 | #337 | 0.23 |
| 1947 | 400 | #340 | 0.22 |
| 1946 | 363 | #339 | 0.22 |
| 1945 | 327 | #328 | 0.24 |
| 1944 | 385 | #309 | 0.28 |
| 1943 | 416 | #304 | 0.29 |
| 1942 | 418 | #296 | 0.30 |
| 1941 | 353 | #308 | 0.29 |
| 1940 | 384 | #284 | 0.33 |
| 1939 | 373 | #286 | 0.34 |
| 1938 | 358 | #289 | 0.32 |
| 1937 | 387 | #277 | 0.36 |
| 1936 | 376 | #278 | 0.36 |
| 1935 | 470 | #246 | 0.45 |
| 1934 | 420 | #267 | 0.41 |
| 1933 | 407 | #261 | 0.41 |
| 1932 | 462 | #251 | 0.44 |
| 1931 | 463 | #249 | 0.45 |
| 1930 | 542 | #232 | 0.49 |
| 1929 | 566 | #225 | 0.53 |
| 1928 | 517 | #245 | 0.47 |
| 1927 | 571 | #230 | 0.51 |
| 1926 | 519 | #247 | 0.47 |
| 1925 | 536 | #245 | 0.48 |
| 1924 | 620 | #218 | 0.55 |
| 1923 | 573 | #231 | 0.52 |
| 1922 | 609 | #217 | 0.56 |
| 1921 | 661 | #207 | 0.60 |
| 1920 | 593 | #218 | 0.56 |
| 1919 | 570 | #218 | 0.58 |
| 1918 | 698 | #186 | 0.69 |
| 1917 | 533 | #210 | 0.58 |
| 1916 | 556 | #203 | 0.62 |
| 1915 | 532 | #202 | 0.63 |
| 1914 | 448 | #191 | 0.68 |
| 1913 | 340 | #197 | 0.66 |
| 1912 | 332 | #176 | 0.77 |
| 1911 | 177 | #178 | 0.78 |
| 1910 | 141 | #190 | 0.73 |
| 1909 | 119 | #189 | 0.73 |
| 1908 | 120 | #179 | 0.78 |
| 1907 | 111 | #190 | 0.76 |
| 1906 | 106 | #172 | 0.80 |
| 1905 | 134 | #154 | 1.0 |
| 1904 | 120 | #157 | 0.94 |
| 1903 | 132 | #142 | 1.1 |
| 1902 | 130 | #143 | 1.1 |
| 1901 | 128 | #133 | 1.2 |
| 1900 | 153 | #143 | 1.0 |
| 1899 | 127 | #125 | 1.2 |
| 1898 | 143 | #126 | 1.2 |
| 1897 | 143 | #117 | 1.3 |
| 1896 | 173 | #109 | 1.4 |
| 1895 | 149 | #114 | 1.3 |
| 1894 | 187 | #98 | 1.6 |
| 1893 | 184 | #96 | 1.6 |
| 1892 | 200 | #96 | 1.6 |
| 1891 | 181 | #89 | 1.8 |
| 1890 | 180 | #97 | 1.6 |
| 1889 | 231 | #75 | 2.1 |
| 1888 | 282 | #73 | 2.3 |
| 1887 | 237 | #72 | 2.3 |
| 1886 | 228 | #76 | 2.1 |
| 1885 | 276 | #66 | 2.6 |
| 1884 | 280 | #67 | 2.4 |
| 1883 | 273 | #62 | 2.6 |
| 1882 | 341 | #52 | 3.0 |
| 1881 | 312 | #50 | 3.1 |
| 1880 | 348 | #47 | 3.1 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Bert a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 34,242 Americans recorded as Bert, 2% are girls and 98% boys. In 2025 it went to 6 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 Bert: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Bert, and how old are they?
9,850 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 29% of the 34,242 Americans ever recorded as Bert. The median Bert alive today is 66 years old; half are between 55 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 11,997 people named Bert (228 women and girls, 11,769 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 11,869 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,380 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,660 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,570 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 853 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 229 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 142 |
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 Bert born?
The states with the most babies named Bert are California, New York and Texas, with 24% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2,136 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| New York | 1,879 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Texas | 1,680 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 1,480 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 1,207 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 1,201 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,052 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Kentucky | 927 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Oklahoma | 885 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Missouri | 822 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Bert is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Bert is most over-represented in Hawaii: since 1910 it was given 2.9 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 Bert 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 3 names spelled alike, given to 226,806 babies since 1880, Bert is the second most given (15% of them). In 2025 it was given to 6 of their 170 babies (3.5%), the third most given that year.
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 Bert
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 Bert and names like it
- Compare Bert and BrettBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sBert peaked in 1918.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Bert since 1910.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Bert.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Bert alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with BMost given first.