Berton — boys' name

What the Data Says About Berton

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,874 babies named Berton between 1880 and 2009, spanning 130 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Berton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 53 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Berton performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 418 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Berton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 62 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Berton in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Berton 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 1,874 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.