Bertina — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bertina

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,234 babies named Bertina between 1882 and 2005, spanning 124 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bertina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bertina performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 244 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Bertina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maryland, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Bertina in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bertina 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 1,234 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.