Boys' name · since 1913

Bertel

115 babies named Bertel in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#16,467 of 45,481
all-time among boys
115
born since 1913
1910s
peak decade

Bertel sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 115 recorded since 1913.

Bertel has 115 recorded births among boys since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 1944.

  • #16,467 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 115 born since 1913
  • 1910s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bertel ranks #16,467 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 115 born since 1913, peaking in the 1910s.

#16,467 of 45,481
all-time among boys
115
born since 1913
1910s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Bertel's 115 recorded births place it above 63.69% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Bertel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Bertel's full recorded timeline at 1921, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1913, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1916 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Bertel popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–1944

Last recorded 1944
Peak year (1916)
12
Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
468101214 1913191619191923193019421944 5

Bertel by decade

1910s is the heaviest window (54 births, 47% of the file).

1910s was Bertel's strongest decade.

54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.

Bertel births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1910s at 54 births (47% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Bertel? ▼
115 babies have been named Bertel since 1913. All-time, it sits at #16,467 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. It was last recorded in 1944. The peak year was 1916 with 12 births.
Where does Bertel sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bertel ranks #16,467 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Bertel most popular? ▼
Bertel was most popular in the 1910s decade with 54 total births. The single peak year was 1916.
How long has the name Bertel been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Bertel since 1913 -- 32 years through the most recent 1944 data.
What names are similar to Bertel? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Bernard, Bert, Bernardo, Bernie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Bertel's data

  • Bertel's decade-level peak was the 1910s (54 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Bertel

Nearby Names Like Bertel

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Bertel

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#8251 9,225 births
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Related Names

Names with a similar number of total births

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Sargent
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Seraphim #7758
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Lenardo
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Bertel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1913–1944 (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 Bertel 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.