Recorded 1925–1941 Girls' name Peak 1929 22 births

Bertia — girls' name

22 babies named Bertia in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 1929. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1920s111930s51940s6
1920s
Peak decade

50% of everyone ever named Bertia was born in this single decade.

1929
Single peak year

6 babies were named Bertia in 1929 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Bertia

The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Bertia between 1925 and 1941, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bertia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1941. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bertia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Bertia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bertia 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 22 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.

Bertia at a glance

Last recorded 1941

Total births

22

Since 1925

17 years of records

Peak year

1929

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1941

Active since

1925

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 1941

Bertia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1941–1925

Last recorded 1941
Peak year (1929)
6
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
4.555.566.5 1941193619291925 5

Bertia by decade

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

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
11 births that decade — 50% of Bertia's all-time total
1920s111930s51940s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Bertia?
22 babies have been named Bertia since 1925. It was last recorded in 1941. The peak year was 1929 with 6 births.
When was Bertia most popular?
Bertia was most popular in the 1920s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 1929.
How long has the name Bertia been used?
Bertia has been recorded in Social Security data since 1925, spanning 17 years of data through 1941.
What names are similar to Bertia?
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.

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, 1925–1941 (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.