Girls' name · since 1880
Berta
Berta has 7,286 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1926 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,024 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,108 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,286
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Berta currently ranks #10108 among girls' names in America, with 7,286 babies recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Berta recorded 7,286 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #10108 nationally today, ahead of 42% of girls, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #2,024 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,108 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 7,286 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Berta ranks #2,024 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,108 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 7,286 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #2,024 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,108 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,286
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Berta's 7,286 recorded births place it above 97.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
21 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Berta compares
7,286 Top 11% higher than 89% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Berta's all-time total is 19x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Berta | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,286 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 132 | 21 | 19,840 |
Berta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Berta splits its recorded history at 1952: 30% of all births land in the more recent half, 70% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1926 peak of 132 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Berta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1926)
- 132
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Berta by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (1,172 births, 16% of the file).
1920s was Berta's strongest decade.
1,172 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Berta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 286
1880s
286 births
- 1890s 371
1890s
371 births
- 1900s 456
1900s
456 births
- 1910s
1910s
754 births
- 1920s
1920s
1,172 births
- 1930s
1930s
1,068 births
- 1940s
1940s
851 births
- 1950s
1950s
744 births
- 1960s
1960s
524 births
- 1970s 377
1970s
377 births
- 1980s 270
1980s
270 births
- 1990s 188
1990s
188 births
- 2000s 113
2000s
113 births
- 2010s 75
2010s
75 births
- 2020s 37
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 1,172 births (16% of all-time use).
How Berta compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Berta's total volume
Berta by state
Where Berta concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 2,027 | 27.8% |
| #2 | California | | 629 | 8.6% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 186 | 2.6% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 148 | 2.0% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 133 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Oklahoma | | 96 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 75 | 1.0% |
| #8 | New York | | 71 | 1.0% |
2,027 of 7,286 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 21 reporting states.
Berta appears in 21 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Berta's data
- Berta's decade-level peak was the 1920s (1,172 total births); usage has since declined to 37 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Bertas (2,027 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Berta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1926)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Berta draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.