How rare is the name Bert?

11,997 people in the United States have the first name Bert, about 1 in 25,176. It ranks #2,194 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

BERT

#2,194

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,997
About
1 in 25,176
This common or more
78.9%
Who bears it

Of the 11,997 people named Bert, 78.8% reported their origin as White, 6.7% as Black and 5.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 98.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Bert peaked in 1918, when 715 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1918
Births that year
715
In 2025*
6 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 34,242 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Bert by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #171. The largest share of babies named Bert, 30.6%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#1712,834
1890s#3081,721
1900s#4331,363
1910s#4494,490
1920s#4925,893
1930s#5594,333
1940s#7003,855
1950s#8303,796
1960s#1,0072,925
1970s#1,4661,636
1980s#2,606752
1990s#5,766322
2000s#12,454149
2010s#14,769122
2020s#17,86451
Before 190113.8%
Greatest Generation 1901–2730.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4522.6%
Baby boom 1946–6420.6%
Generation X 1965–808.6%
Millennials 1981–962.6%
Generation Z 1997–120.7%
2013 and later0.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Bert is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Bert has been most common in Hawaii (4.6×), Oklahoma (2.7×), and Montana (2.5×), and least common in Connecticut (0.12×).

23,620 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Bert

2 other first names also have 11,997 people.

#2,194 Christiana · 11,997#2,194 Galen · 11,997

Either side of Bert

#2,192 Barbra · 12,020#2,193 Scot · 12,000#2,194 Christiana · 11,997#2,194 Galen · 11,997

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bert, most common first.

#2,223 Berta · 11,771#12,677 Berit · 976#20,632 Berto · 499#44,078 Berth · 158#48,685 Berty · 130#50,139 Beret · 121

Also a last name

As a last name, Bert ranks #16,149 of 156,621, with 1,734 people. See Bert as a last name

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