Recorded 1918–1949 Girls' name Peak 1920 52 births

Berthenia — girls' name

52 babies named Berthenia in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s51920s311930s51940s11
1920s
Peak decade

60% of everyone ever named Berthenia was born in this single decade.

1920
Single peak year

7 babies were named Berthenia in 1920 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Berthenia

The Social Security Administration has registered 52 babies named Berthenia between 1918 and 1949, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Berthenia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1949. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Berthenia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Berthenia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Berthenia 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 52 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.

Berthenia at a glance

Last recorded 1949

Total births

52

Since 1918

32 years of records

Peak year

1920

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1949

Active since

1918

Recorded for 32 years

Last year on file: 1949

Berthenia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1918

Last recorded 1949
Peak year (1920)
7
Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 194919481936192919281925192319201918 5

Berthenia by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
31 births that decade — 60% of Berthenia's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Berthenia?
52 babies have been named Berthenia since 1918. It was last recorded in 1949. The peak year was 1920 with 7 births.
When was Berthenia most popular?
Berthenia was most popular in the 1920s decade with 31 total births. The single peak year was 1920.
How long has the name Berthenia been used?
Berthenia has been recorded in Social Security data since 1918, spanning 32 years of data through 1949.
What names are similar to Berthenia?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Bertha, Bernice, Bernadette, Bernadine, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1918–1949 (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.