Berta — #10247 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Berta

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,277 babies named Berta between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Berta currently holds the #10247 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 132 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Berta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,172 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Berta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,027 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Berta in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Berta 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 7,277 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.