Bertha · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Bertha.

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Its story

Popularity since 1881

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 78 recorded years as a table

Bertha, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1881	50
1882	70
1883	57
1884	70
1885	121
1886	108
1887	108
1888	108
1889	109
1890	54
1891	79
1892	98
1893	89
1894	121
1895	111
1896	100
1897	80
1898	82
1899	47
1900	146
1901	56
1902	90
1903	84
1904	125
1905	76
1906	75
1907	102
1908	45
1909	55
1910	67
1911	22
1912	42
1913	27
1914	14
1915	14
1916	17
1917	22
1918	14
1919	10
1920	21
1921	15
1922	16
1923	14
1924	20
1925	13
1926	20
1927	21
1928	16
1929	11
1930	19
1931	15
1932	24
1933	12
1934	15
1935	16
1936	13
1937	12
1938	14
1939	17
1940	9
1941	12
1942	8
1943	9
1944	6
1945	4
1946	4
1947	3
1949	5
1950	3
1952	3
1953	5
1955	5
1956	3
1958	3
1961	5
1965	3
1966	3
1986	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Bertha isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1986: 5
Rank in 1986: #6,721
How rare: 1 in 368,303 boys
Since 1881: 937

Bertha was last recorded in 1986. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1900, at 146 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Bertha doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.