Berlin
- Gender
- Unisex
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #3,779 for girls
Unisex
Berlin is a name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,779th for girls in the US (39 babies).
What does Berlin mean?
Germanic
A female given name from German.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Berlin a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Berlin has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 39 girls and 19 boys in the US.
How popular is Berlin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,779among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 39about 1 in 41,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 39 girls in the US were named Berlin, making it the 3,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,712th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 97 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918. 19 boys were also named Berlin in 2025 (5,044th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Berlin than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Berlin in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1918, 22% of the babies named Berlin in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 67%, with more girls than boys since 2004.
Berlin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,779 |
| 2024 | 58 | #2,857 |
| 2023 | 47 | #3,386 |
| 2022 | 56 | #2,956 |
| 2021 | 56 | #2,958 |
| 2020 | 61 | #2,712 |
| 2019 | 47 | #3,336 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,710 |
| 2017 | 62 | #2,744 |
| 2016 | 75 | #2,446 |
| 2015 | 76 | #2,408 |
| 2014 | 86 | #2,194 |
| 2013 | 75 | #2,408 |
| 2012 | 72 | #2,516 |
| 2011 | 97 | #2,017 |
| 2010 | 90 | #2,167 |
| 2009 | 84 | #2,316 |
| 2008 | 75 | #2,511 |
| 2007 | 69 | #2,647 |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,701 |
| 2005 | 48 | #3,208 |
| 2004 | 56 | #2,847 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,640 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,097 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,023 |
Names like Berlin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brooklyn Emery Leighton Haven Harper Peyton Jordyn Brielle Addison Skylar Avery Aylin
Names related to Berlin
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Berlin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/berlin, updated 20 October 2026.