Bertha — #4758 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Bertha

The Social Security Administration has registered 207,837 babies named Bertha between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bertha currently holds the #4758 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 5,051 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bertha performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 40,120 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Bertha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11,980 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Bertha in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bertha 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 207,837 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.