Boys' name · since 1912
Bertil
482 babies named Bertil in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1914. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,065 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 482
- born since 1912
- 1910s
- peak decade
Bertil is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 482 have been recorded since 1912.
Bertil has 482 recorded births among boys since 1912, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 1952.
- #8,065 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 482 born since 1912
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bertil ranks #8,065 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 482 born since 1912, peaking in the 1910s.
- #8,065 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 482
- born since 1912
- 1910s
- peak decade
Bertil's 482 recorded births place it above 82.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Minnesota.
Bertil's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bertil splits its recorded history at 1929: 34% of all births land in the more recent half, 66% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1933 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1914 peak of 31 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bertil popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–1952
- Peak year (1914)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Bertil by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (176 births, 37% of the file).
1910s was Bertil's strongest decade.
176 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Bertil births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
176 births
- 1920s
1920s
153 births
- 1930s
1930s
106 births
- 1940s 42
1940s
42 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 176 births (37% of all-time use).
Bertil by state
Where Bertil concentrates geographically, total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 30 | 6.2% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 17 | 3.5% |
| #3 | Massachusetts | | 15 | 3.1% |
| #4 | New York | | 12 | 2.5% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 5 | 1.0% |
30 of 482 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Bertil's data
- Bertil's decade-level peak was the 1910s (176 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Minnesota records the most Bertils (30 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Minnesota names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bertil: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1914)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1912–1952 (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 Bertil 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.