Berat
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- beh-RAHT
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Berat is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “innocence; acquittal”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Berat mean?
Arabic: Turkish, from Arabic bara'a
“innocence; acquittal”
Berat Kandili, the Night of Forgiveness, is a Muslim holy night; Berat is also a historic Albanian city.
Is Berat a girl's or a boy's name?
Berat is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Berat in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Berat, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 36 boys.
2025 had more boys named Berat than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Berat in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Berat in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 13 | #1,888 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,454 |
| 2013 | 30 | #1,017 |
| 2012 | 36 | #922 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,619 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
Names like Berat
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Ahmed Abdullah Rayyan Zayan Yahya Musa Zayaan Mustafa Syed Ibrahim Ayaan
Names related to Berat
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Berat: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/berat, updated 20 October 2026.