Bertus — boys' name
31 babies named Bertus in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
61% of everyone ever named Bertus was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Bertus in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bertus
The Social Security Administration has registered 31 babies named Bertus between 1912 and 1928, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bertus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1928. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bertus performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Bertus shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bertus 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 31 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.
Bertus at a glance
Last recorded 1928Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bertus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1928–1912
- Peak year (1920)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1928.
31 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 8 births in a single year.
Bertus by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 19 births that decade — 61% of Bertus's all-time total
Bertus decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Bertus's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
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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, 1912–1928 (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.