Berta
Berta was given to 9 girls in 2025, #10,222 among girls’ names; 7,286 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,790 Americans named Berta and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (38% of everyone recorded); the median is 65 years old and half are between 47 and 77.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Berta by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Berta mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Berta is “a female given name, variant of Bertha.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Berta?
#10,222 among girls’ names, 2025
Berta rose from #16,860 in 2015 to #10,222 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 2.8 to 5.6 per million.
132 babies in 1926, the peak
Berta peaked in 1926, when 132 girls were given it, #621 among girls’ names. The 9 births of 2025 are 7% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,222 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,402 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,715 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,634 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,254 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,602 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,575 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 5 | #16,272 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,646 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,860 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | #14,866 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,373 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,191 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,578 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,449 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,919 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,757 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,091 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,797 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,976 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,122 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,642 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,775 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,659 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 9 | #10,000 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,876 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,103 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,672 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,801 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,997 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,862 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,439 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,695 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,342 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,719 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,024 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 32 | #3,091 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 23 | #3,753 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 25 | #3,462 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,430 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,433 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 24 | #3,347 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 34 | #2,707 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 31 | #2,854 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,074 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 33 | #2,680 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,015 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 48 | #2,002 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 47 | #1,912 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 30 | #2,569 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 37 | #2,177 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 34 | #2,269 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 37 | #2,099 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 42 | #2,005 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,953 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 53 | #1,649 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 49 | #1,651 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 47 | #1,660 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,738 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 43 | #1,717 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 45 | #1,731 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 53 | #1,546 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 71 | #1,314 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 58 | #1,465 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 63 | #1,384 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 66 | #1,314 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 66 | #1,300 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 84 | #1,152 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 76 | #1,193 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 78 | #1,130 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 80 | #1,101 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 72 | #1,137 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 74 | #1,096 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 69 | #1,116 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 79 | #1,025 | 0.05 |
| 1949 | 73 | #1,049 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 89 | #918 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 84 | #968 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 96 | #842 | 0.06 |
| 1945 | 65 | #955 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 64 | #972 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 93 | #798 | 0.07 |
| 1942 | 91 | #803 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 101 | #699 | 0.08 |
| 1940 | 95 | #714 | 0.08 |
| 1939 | 90 | #718 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 87 | #737 | 0.08 |
| 1937 | 110 | #647 | 0.10 |
| 1936 | 102 | #652 | 0.10 |
| 1935 | 109 | #622 | 0.10 |
| 1934 | 93 | #693 | 0.09 |
| 1933 | 120 | #588 | 0.12 |
| 1932 | 127 | #583 | 0.12 |
| 1931 | 111 | #628 | 0.10 |
| 1930 | 119 | #634 | 0.11 |
| 1929 | 112 | #656 | 0.10 |
| 1928 | 123 | #634 | 0.11 |
| 1927 | 130 | #627 | 0.11 |
| 1926 | 132 | #621 | 0.11 |
| 1925 | 127 | #651 | 0.10 |
| 1924 | 110 | #708 | 0.09 |
| 1923 | 98 | #735 | 0.08 |
| 1922 | 112 | #692 | 0.09 |
| 1921 | 122 | #667 | 0.10 |
| 1920 | 106 | #705 | 0.09 |
| 1919 | 86 | #759 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 108 | #691 | 0.09 |
| 1917 | 89 | #746 | 0.08 |
| 1916 | 79 | #769 | 0.08 |
| 1915 | 84 | #724 | 0.09 |
| 1914 | 75 | #671 | 0.10 |
| 1913 | 75 | #594 | 0.12 |
| 1912 | 63 | #620 | 0.11 |
| 1911 | 47 | #624 | 0.11 |
| 1910 | 48 | #604 | 0.12 |
| 1909 | 38 | #638 | 0.11 |
| 1908 | 38 | #618 | 0.11 |
| 1907 | 53 | #490 | 0.17 |
| 1906 | 43 | #529 | 0.15 |
| 1905 | 35 | #588 | 0.12 |
| 1904 | 43 | #501 | 0.16 |
| 1903 | 53 | #436 | 0.20 |
| 1902 | 46 | #464 | 0.17 |
| 1901 | 52 | #415 | 0.22 |
| 1900 | 55 | #453 | 0.18 |
| 1899 | 49 | #417 | 0.21 |
| 1898 | 33 | #557 | 0.13 |
| 1897 | 52 | #406 | 0.22 |
| 1896 | 33 | #518 | 0.14 |
| 1895 | 37 | #480 | 0.16 |
| 1894 | 32 | #507 | 0.14 |
| 1893 | 28 | #521 | 0.13 |
| 1892 | 33 | #471 | 0.16 |
| 1891 | 37 | #406 | 0.20 |
| 1890 | 37 | #414 | 0.19 |
| 1889 | 46 | #353 | 0.26 |
| 1888 | 38 | #395 | 0.21 |
| 1887 | 24 | #459 | 0.16 |
| 1886 | 30 | #395 | 0.21 |
| 1885 | 35 | #338 | 0.26 |
| 1884 | 28 | #377 | 0.22 |
| 1883 | 21 | #411 | 0.19 |
| 1882 | 26 | #348 | 0.24 |
| 1881 | 14 | #448 | 0.15 |
| 1880 | 24 | #327 | 0.26 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Berta a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Berta has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 145 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Berta: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Berta, and how old are they?
2,790 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 38% of the 7,286 Americans ever recorded as Berta. The median Berta alive today is 65 years old; half are between 47 and 77.
The 2020 Census counted 11,771 people named Berta (11,748 women and girls, 23 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,270 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3.6 times 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 | 490 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,050 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 591 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 371 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 186 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 84 |
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 Berta born?
The states with the most babies named Berta are Texas, California and Georgia, with 80% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 2,027 | not ranked | 5.4× |
| California | 629 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Georgia | 186 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Alabama | 148 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 133 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Oklahoma | 96 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Virginia | 75 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| New York | 71 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Arkansas | 52 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Tennessee | 33 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Berta is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Berta is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 5.4 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 girls’ 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 Berta 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 5 names spelled alike, given to 22,688 babies since 1880, Berta is the second most given (32% of them). In 2025 it was given to 9 of their 30 babies (30%), 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 Berta
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 Berta and names like it
- Compare Berta and BertieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sBerta peaked in 1926.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Berta since 1910.
- The top names of 1926The year the most babies were named Berta.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Berta alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with BMost given first.