Bertha Name Popularity

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How popular is Bertha?

The rare name Bertha was the 4,759th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States in 2018.

Bertha, although not presently in the top 1000, did once enjoy higher rankings.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #7 for the first time in 1883 and as recently as 1888.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1918 with 5,051 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Bertha was 28 in 2018.

Bertha, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1881-1888, 1897-1900, and 1911-1915, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1942-1945, 1947-1956, 1960-1963, 1964-1967, 1969-1972, 1973-1976, 1981-1984, 1990-1994, 1995-1998, 1999-2003, and 2009-2012.

Where is the name Bertha popularity headed?

Bertha's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

Bertha's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Bertha for their newborn has remained about the same.

The name Bertha is very unique and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Bertha has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Bertha (Girl)		Bertha (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		28	4,759	< 5	--
2017		28	4,817	< 5	--
2016		35	4,163	< 5	--
2015		30	4,600	< 5	--
2014		34	4,271	< 5	--
2013		28	4,915	< 5	--
2012		28	4,980	< 5	--
2011		46	3,456	< 5	--
2010		40	3,824	< 5	--
2009		46	3,514	< 5	--
2008		45	3,588	< 5	--
2007		63	2,864	< 5	--
2006		72	2,536	< 5	--
2005		57	2,868	< 5	--
2004		69	2,448	< 5	--
2003		56	2,775	< 5	--
2002		80	2,114	< 5	--
2001		98	1,805	< 5	--
2000		92	1,852	< 5	--
1999		104	1,613	< 5	--
1998		107	1,550	< 5	--
1997		123	1,385	< 5	--
1996		130	1,314	< 5	--
1995		142	1,209	< 5	--
1994		124	1,347	< 5	--
1993		161	1,114	< 5	--
1992		172	1,061	< 5	--
1991		156	1,134	< 5	--
1990		179	1,016	< 5	--
1989		167	1,024	< 5	--
1988		146	1,078	< 5	--
1987		155	1,005	< 5	--
1986		144	1,048	5	6,820
1985		163	950	< 5	--
1984		146	989	< 5	--
1983		166	906	< 5	--
1982		186	839	< 5	--
1981		209	781	< 5	--
1980		203	801	< 5	--
1979		209	768	< 5	--
1978		199	775	< 5	--
1977		232	675	< 5	--
1976		216	686	< 5	--
1975		263	605	< 5	--
1974		275	576	< 5	--
1973		316	532	< 5	--
1972		286	575	< 5	--
1971		351	523	< 5	--
1970		367	521	< 5	--
1969		397	488	< 5	--
1968		396	484	< 5	--
1967		430	457	< 5	--
1966		529	398	5	3,992
1965		554	394	6	3,575
1964		640	380	< 5	--
1963		575	401	< 5	--
1962		729	351	< 5	--
1961		738	350	10	2,722
1960		852	323	< 5	--
1959		873	313	< 5	--
1958		953	290	5	3,998
1957		1,011	275	< 5	--
1956		952	283	6	3,566
1955		1,153	238	10	2,594
1954		1,159	238	< 5	--
1953		1,171	234	9	2,724
1952		1,250	218	5	3,795
1951		1,331	208	< 5	--
1950		1,397	193	6	3,355
1949		1,520	181	9	2,625
1948		1,515	183	< 5	--
1947		1,602	180	6	3,402
1946		1,532	173	6	3,205
1945		1,427	165	5	3,376
1944		1,628	151	8	2,653
1943		1,790	150	13	2,082
1942		1,757	147	11	2,273
1941		1,723	140	15	1,827
1940		1,730	140	11	2,192
1939		1,794	135	19	1,536
1938		1,817	131	16	1,745
1937		1,951	123	13	2,003
1936		1,915	122	14	1,878
1935		2,070	114	17	1,714
1934		2,080	112	16	1,786
1933		2,161	106	12	2,109
1932		2,473	101	25	1,391
1931		2,364	102	16	1,856
1930		2,605	95	21	1,603
1929		2,800	93	12	2,329
1928		3,161	81	18	1,835
1927		3,380	80	24	1,564
1926		3,583	76	22	1,612
1925		3,772	74	14	2,206
1924		4,122	65	23	1,632
1923		4,122	64	15	2,131
1922		4,419	63	17	1,956
1921		4,608	59	16	2,070
1920		4,604	57	22	1,647
1919		4,754	52	10	2,694
1918		5,051	51	14	2,173
1917		4,881	51	20	1,649
1916		4,900	49	15	1,962
1915		4,785	46	12	2,196
1914		3,859	41	9	2,290
1913		3,345	39	14	1,449
1912		3,288	36	18	1,098
1911		2,606	36	5	1,767
1910		2,651	33	13	871
1909		2,444	29	9	1,030
1908		2,384	29	7	1,127
1907		2,363	26	15	669
1906		2,302	25	10	801
1905		2,434	21	10	795
1904		2,363	20	16	570
1903		2,309	22	10	740
1902		2,372	22	11	691
1901		2,257	19	6	963
1900		3,019	16	22	492
1899		2,294	16	5	1,064
1898		2,642	17	10	705
1897		2,502	13	9	730
1896		2,565	15	12	646
1895		2,626	11	13	581
1894		2,496	14	14	544
1893		2,623	10	10	658
1892		2,617	11	12	604
1891		2,372	10	8	710
1890		2,388	10	6	897
1889		2,293	11	12	555
1888		2,450	7	13	556
1887		2,037	7	11	549
1886		2,001	8	12	545
1885		1,860	8	13	522
1884		1,789	9	8	710
1883		1,681	7	6	811
1882		1,508	9	8	708
1881		1,324	9	5	881
1880		1,320	9	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.