Berthe — girls' name
185 babies named Berthe in U.S. Social Security records since 1890, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Berthe was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Berthe in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Berthe
The Social Security Administration has registered 185 babies named Berthe between 1890 and 1929, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Berthe currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1929. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Berthe performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 90 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Berthe shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Berthe in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Berthe 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 185 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.
Berthe at a glance
Last recorded 1929Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Berthe popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–1890
- Peak year (1916)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1929.
185 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 14 births in a single year.
Berthe by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 90 births that decade — 49% of Berthe's all-time total
Berthe decade highlights
- Peak decade 90 births
- Runner-up 70 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Berthe's strongest decade
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Berthe by state
Where Berthe concentrates geographically — total births since 1890
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Massachusetts | | 6 | 3.2% |
6 of 185 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Massachusetts 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Massachusetts accounts for 3.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1890–1929 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.