Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Berta

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Berta
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1926

Peak rank proxy

132

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19262024

Peak year

1926

Decline from peak

93.2%

2024

All-time

7,277

Berta has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1926, when 132 girls were named Berta.

In 2024, only 9 girls were given the name.

Down 93.2% from its peak.

All told, about 7,277 Americans have been named Berta and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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