Berl
Boy · BERL · Germanic
Berl is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “little bear”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Berl mean?
Germanic: Yiddish pet form of Ber 'bear'
“little bear”
A Yiddish pet form of Ber, 'bear', traditionally paired with the Hebrew name Dov, which also means bear.
- Say it
- BERL
Is Berl a girl's or a boy's name?
Berl is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Berl in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Berl, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 1922, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Berl in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Berl in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,742 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 12 | #2,206 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,224 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,442 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,355 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 1944 | 13 | #1,987 |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,404 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,144 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,207 |
| 1940 | 15 | #1,802 |
| 1939 | 14 | #1,879 |
| 1938 | 13 | #1,976 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,088 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 18 | #1,656 |
| 1934 | 15 | #1,860 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,498 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 1931 | 15 | #1,927 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,178 |
| 1929 | 26 | #1,413 |
| 1928 | 18 | #1,822 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,647 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,565 |
| 1925 | 17 | #1,934 |
| 1924 | 19 | #1,839 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,460 |
| 1922 | 26 | #1,470 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,828 |
| 1920 | 19 | #1,820 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,694 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,538 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,396 |
| 1916 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,781 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,771 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
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