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.

Bertha

#199 most common girls' name of all time · #381 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#199
Rank overall
#381 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
208,807
Since 2016
298
Peak year
1918 #51
Best rank
#7 1883
Girls Boys peak 5,065/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Bertha is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 30 — 30 #4,546
2024 29 — 29 #4,669
2023 30 — 30 #4,565
2022 34 — 34 #4,202
2021 25 — 25 #5,091
2020 28 — 28 #4,648
2019 30 — 30 #4,546
2018 28 — 28 #4,768
2017 28 — 28 #4,811
2016 36 — 36 #4,083
2015 30 — 30 #4,584
2014 34 — 34 #4,269
2013 28 — 28 #4,887
2012 28 — 28 #4,957
2011 47 — 47 #3,407
2010 41 — 41 #3,745
2009 46 — 46 #3,512
2008 45 — 45 #3,584
2007 63 — 63 #2,858
2006 73 — 73 #2,512
2005 58 — 58 #2,827
2004 71 — 71 #2,396
2003 59 — 59 #2,673
2002 80 — 80 #2,114
2001 99 — 99 #1,795
2000 92 — 92 #1,855
1999 104 — 104 #1,612
1998 108 — 108 #1,543
1997 124 — 124 #1,377
1996 130 — 130 #1,314
1995 142 — 142 #1,209
1994 124 — 124 #1,346
1993 161 — 161 #1,113
1992 172 — 172 #1,059
1991 156 — 156 #1,137
1990 179 — 179 #1,014
1989 167 — 167 #1,023
1988 146 — 146 #1,077
1987 155 — 155 #1,005
1986 145 5 150 #1,042
1985 163 — 163 #950
1984 146 — 146 #988
1983 166 — 166 #905
1982 187 — 187 #835
1981 209 — 209 #781
1980 203 — 203 #802
1979 209 — 209 #769
1978 199 — 199 #775
1977 232 — 232 #675
1976 216 — 216 #684
1975 263 — 263 #605
1974 276 — 276 #574
1973 316 — 316 #531
1972 288 — 288 #573
1971 351 — 351 #523
1970 367 — 367 #521
1969 398 — 398 #486
1968 396 — 396 #484
1967 429 — 429 #457
1966 528 5 533 #400
1965 554 6 560 #394
1964 639 — 639 #380
1963 575 — 575 #401
1962 730 — 730 #350
1961 739 10 749 #350
1960 850 — 850 #323
1959 872 — 872 #313
1958 955 6 961 #289
1957 1,010 — 1,010 #275
1956 953 6 959 #282
1955 1,153 10 1,163 #239
1954 1,158 — 1,158 #238
1953 1,173 9 1,182 #233
1952 1,249 5 1,254 #218
1951 1,332 — 1,332 #208
1950 1,396 6 1,402 #193
1949 1,520 9 1,529 #181
1948 1,515 — 1,515 #183
1947 1,603 6 1,609 #180
1946 1,532 6 1,538 #173
1945 1,429 5 1,434 #165
1944 1,629 8 1,637 #151
1943 1,787 13 1,800 #150
1942 1,757 11 1,768 #147
1941 1,723 15 1,738 #140
1940 1,730 11 1,741 #140
1939 1,794 19 1,813 #135
1938 1,817 16 1,833 #131
1937 1,955 13 1,968 #121
1936 1,913 14 1,927 #122
1935 2,070 17 2,087 #114
1934 2,082 16 2,098 #112
1933 2,161 12 2,173 #106
1932 2,473 25 2,498 #101
1931 2,364 16 2,380 #102
1930 2,605 21 2,626 #95
1929 2,800 12 2,812 #93
1928 3,161 18 3,179 #81
1927 3,380 24 3,404 #80
1926 3,583 22 3,605 #76
1925 3,772 14 3,786 #74
1924 4,122 23 4,145 #65
1923 4,122 15 4,137 #64
1922 4,419 17 4,436 #63
1921 4,608 16 4,624 #59
1920 4,604 22 4,626 #57
1919 4,754 10 4,764 #52
1918 5,051 14 5,065 #51
1917 4,881 20 4,901 #51
1916 4,900 15 4,915 #49
1915 4,785 12 4,797 #46
1914 3,859 9 3,868 #41
1913 3,345 14 3,359 #39
1912 3,288 18 3,306 #36
1911 2,606 5 2,611 #36
1910 2,651 13 2,664 #33
1909 2,444 9 2,453 #29
1908 2,384 7 2,391 #29
1907 2,363 15 2,378 #26
1906 2,302 10 2,312 #25
1905 2,434 10 2,444 #21
1904 2,363 16 2,379 #20
1903 2,309 10 2,319 #22
1902 2,372 11 2,383 #22
1901 2,257 6 2,263 #19
1900 3,019 22 3,041 #16
1899 2,294 5 2,299 #16
1898 2,642 10 2,652 #17
1897 2,502 9 2,511 #13
1896 2,565 12 2,577 #15
1895 2,626 13 2,639 #11
1894 2,496 14 2,510 #14
1893 2,623 10 2,633 #10
1892 2,617 12 2,629 #11
1891 2,372 8 2,380 #10
1890 2,388 6 2,394 #10
1889 2,293 12 2,305 #11
1888 2,450 13 2,463 #7
1887 2,037 11 2,048 #7
1886 2,001 12 2,013 #8
1885 1,860 13 1,873 #8
1884 1,789 8 1,797 #9
1883 1,681 6 1,687 #7
1882 1,508 8 1,516 #9
1881 1,324 5 1,329 #9
1880 1,320 — 1,320 #9