Girls' name · since 1925
Bertia
Since 1925, U.S. Social Security records show 22 babies named Bertia, peaking in 1929. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #44,565 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1925
- 1920s
- peak decade
22 girls have been named Bertia since 1925, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Bertia has 22 recorded births among girls since 1925, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 1941.
- #44,565 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 22 born since 1925
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bertia ranks #44,565 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 1925, peaking in the 1920s.
- #44,565 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1925
- 1920s
- peak decade
Bertia's 22 recorded births place it above 37.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bertia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bertia's full recorded timeline at 1936, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1925, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1929 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bertia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–1941
- Peak year (1929)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Bertia by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (11 births, 50% of the file).
1920s was Bertia's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Bertia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
11 births
- 1930s
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 11 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Bertia's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 1940s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bertia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1929)
Similar record span (~16 yrs)
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, 1925–1941 (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 Bertia 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.