Bertrand
Bertrand was last recorded in 2021, when 10 babies were given it; 3,991 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2021 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,420 Americans named Bertrand and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (36% of everyone recorded); the median is 60 years old and half are between 45 and 74.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Bertrand by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Bertrand mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Bertrand is “a male given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Bertrand?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #7,667, in 2021; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
95 babies in 1924, the peak
Bertrand peaked in 1924, when 95 boys were given it, #664 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 10 | #7,667 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,232 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,405 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,815 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,196 | 0.01 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,306 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,870 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,898 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,610 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,973 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (135)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | #9,812 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,987 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 6 | #11,075 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,486 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,230 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 6 | #10,099 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,758 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,424 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,536 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,587 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,638 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,670 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,628 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,150 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,919 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,887 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,615 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,503 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,614 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,330 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,971 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,987 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,458 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,085 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,483 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,684 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,307 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,578 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,455 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,473 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,678 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 21 | #2,211 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,425 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 29 | #1,710 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,058 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 31 | #1,549 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 31 | #1,536 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 34 | #1,466 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 29 | #1,581 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 35 | #1,353 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 26 | #1,547 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 34 | #1,288 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 47 | #1,076 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 32 | #1,360 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 39 | #1,237 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 31 | #1,402 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 34 | #1,345 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 32 | #1,407 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 25 | #1,623 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 38 | #1,265 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 41 | #1,205 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 45 | #1,150 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 28 | #1,483 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 37 | #1,239 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 39 | #1,201 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 39 | #1,191 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 50 | #1,014 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 43 | #1,096 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 43 | #1,074 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 39 | #1,127 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 57 | #909 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 40 | #1,149 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 48 | #968 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 48 | #927 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 52 | #879 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 48 | #971 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 53 | #910 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 43 | #971 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 58 | #820 | 0.05 |
| 1939 | 38 | #1,034 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 48 | #913 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 56 | #819 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 73 | #690 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 65 | #767 | 0.06 |
| 1934 | 69 | #734 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 61 | #783 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 67 | #771 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 65 | #775 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 61 | #835 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 82 | #678 | 0.08 |
| 1928 | 79 | #715 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 79 | #735 | 0.07 |
| 1926 | 67 | #804 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 93 | #663 | 0.08 |
| 1924 | 95 | #664 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 70 | #794 | 0.06 |
| 1922 | 90 | #687 | 0.08 |
| 1921 | 89 | #689 | 0.08 |
| 1920 | 86 | #691 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 71 | #766 | 0.07 |
| 1918 | 73 | #753 | 0.07 |
| 1917 | 61 | #806 | 0.07 |
| 1916 | 74 | #691 | 0.08 |
| 1915 | 52 | #857 | 0.06 |
| 1914 | 53 | #713 | 0.08 |
| 1913 | 37 | #779 | 0.07 |
| 1912 | 34 | #735 | 0.08 |
| 1911 | 18 | #760 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,326 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 11 | #903 | 0.07 |
| 1908 | 10 | #890 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,209 | 0.04 |
| 1906 | 10 | #802 | 0.08 |
| 1905 | 8 | #933 | 0.06 |
| 1904 | 10 | #766 | 0.08 |
| 1903 | 9 | #789 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 10 | #751 | 0.08 |
| 1901 | 7 | #864 | 0.07 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,058 | 0.05 |
| 1899 | 7 | #866 | 0.07 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,018 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 10 | #688 | 0.09 |
| 1896 | 16 | #520 | 0.13 |
| 1894 | 7 | #868 | 0.06 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,051 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 9 | #757 | 0.07 |
| 1891 | 6 | #852 | 0.06 |
| 1889 | 7 | #803 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 5 | #980 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 5 | #950 | 0.05 |
| 1884 | 9 | #668 | 0.08 |
| 1883 | 5 | #906 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 5 | #954 | 0.04 |
| 1881 | 6 | #793 | 0.06 |
| 1880 | 11 | #574 | 0.10 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Bertrand a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Bertrand has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 135 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Bertrand: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Bertrand, and how old are they?
1,420 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 36% of the 3,991 Americans ever recorded as Bertrand. The median Bertrand alive today is 60 years old; half are between 45 and 74.
The 2020 Census counted 2,344 people named Bertrand (14 women and girls, 2,330 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,680 born in the U.S. The Census count is 40% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 184 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 485 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 388 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 204 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 100 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 61 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Bertrand born?
The states with the most babies named Bertrand are Maine, Louisiana and New York, with 68% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Maine and Louisiana are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 498 | not ranked | 19.6× |
| Louisiana | 282 | not ranked | 3.7× |
| New York | 208 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Massachusetts | 159 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| New Hampshire | 93 | not ranked | 5.8× |
| Rhode Island | 65 | not ranked | 2.9× |
| California | 43 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Texas | 40 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 16 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Kentucky | 13 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Bertrand is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Bertrand is most over-represented in Maine: since 1910 it was given 19.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Bertrand with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Bertrand
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Bertrand and names like it
- Compare Bertrand and RudolphBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sBertrand peaked in 1924.
- Maine’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Bertrand since 1910.
- The top names of 1924The year the most babies were named Bertrand.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Bertrand alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with BMost given first.