Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Berger

#19,244 most common boys' name of all time · #50,517 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–1931

Rank among boys
#19,244
Rank overall
#50,517 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
9 of 146
All-time
54
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1914 #2,409
Best rank
#2,409 1914
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
1920

Berger first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1931 — 6 6 #3,528
1921 — 5 5 #4,460
1920 — 8 8 #3,314
1919 — 5 5 #4,326
1918 — 5 5 #4,323
1916 — 5 5 #4,067
1914 — 9 9 #2,409
1913 — 5 5 #3,026
1912 — 6 6 #2,449