How rare is the name Berta?

11,771 people in the United States have the first name Berta, about 1 in 25,659. It ranks #2,223 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BERTA

#2,223

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,771
About
1 in 25,659
This common or more
79%
Who bears it

Of the 11,771 people named Berta, 80% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 16.3% as White and 2.7% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Berta peaked in 1926, when 132 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1926
Births that year
132
In 2025*
9 ▼93%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,286 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.

Berta by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #694. The largest share of babies named Berta, 28.7%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#694286
1890s#742371
1900s#798456
1910s#1,257754
1920s#1,2351,172
1930s#1,1891,068
1940s#1,529851
1950s#1,953744
1960s#2,540524
1970s#3,526377
1980s#5,214270
1990s#8,430188
2000s#15,055113
2010s#19,90875
2020s#21,06337
Before 19019.8%
Greatest Generation 1901–2728.7%
Silent Generation 1928–4524.9%
Baby boom 1946–6418.9%
Generation X 1965–808.8%
Millennials 1981–965.2%
Generation Z 1997–122.6%
2013 and later1.2%

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 Berta is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Berta has been most common in Texas (7.3×), Alabama (2.2×), and Oklahoma (2×), and least common in New York (0.25×).

3,573 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.

Either side of Berta

#2,221 Kailyn · 11,777#2,222 Min · 11,776#2,224 Messiah · 11,767#2,225 Roslyn · 11,760

Spelled almost the same

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

#772 Bertha · 64,455#2,194 Bert · 11,997#20,632 Berto · 499#44,078 Berth · 158#48,685 Berty · 130

Also a last name

As a last name, Berta ranks #18,984 of 156,621, with 1,432 people. See Berta as a last name

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