Berthal — boys' name

What the Data Says About Berthal

The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Berthal between 1919 and 1934, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Berthal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1934. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Berthal is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 6 additional births since 1904.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Berthal performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Berthal shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Berthal in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Berthal 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 17 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.