Bert
Boy
Bert is a boys' name, meaning “bright”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Bert mean?
“bright”
A diminutive form of male given names containing the element bert, such as Albert or Robert, also used as a formal given name.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Bert a girl's or a boy's name?
Bert is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bert in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Bert, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Bert in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Bert in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
How popular is Bert in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Bert, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1918, with 698 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Bert since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the boys named Bert in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1953. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Bert in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 30 | #2,530 |
| 1995 | 30 | #2,495 |
| 1994 | 33 | #2,342 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,859 |
| 1992 | 41 | #1,950 |
| 1991 | 54 | #1,567 |
| 1990 | 56 | #1,511 |
| 1989 | 44 | #1,728 |
| 1988 | 56 | #1,391 |
| 1987 | 65 | #1,193 |
| 1986 | 72 | #1,101 |
| 1985 | 61 | #1,213 |
| 1984 | 69 | #1,075 |
| 1983 | 84 | #964 |
| 1982 | 85 | #977 |
| 1981 | 98 | #900 |
| 1980 | 118 | #808 |
| 1979 | 114 | #816 |
| 1978 | 115 | #790 |
| 1977 | 151 | #689 |
| 1976 | 146 | #683 |
| 1975 | 162 | #635 |
| 1974 | 140 | #695 |
| 1973 | 159 | #623 |
| 1972 | 199 | #568 |
| 1971 | 209 | #559 |
| 1970 | 241 | #518 |
| 1969 | 214 | #537 |
| 1968 | 217 | #512 |
| 1967 | 245 | #481 |
| 1966 | 252 | #484 |
| 1965 | 260 | #481 |
| 1964 | 335 | #436 |
| 1963 | 324 | #442 |
| 1962 | 360 | #420 |
| 1961 | 322 | #452 |
| 1960 | 391 | #400 |
| 1959 | 388 | #403 |
| 1958 | 428 | #376 |
| 1957 | 345 | #419 |
| 1956 | 376 | #386 |
| 1955 | 405 | #358 |
| 1954 | 347 | #382 |
| 1953 | 358 | #362 |
| 1952 | 383 | #350 |
| 1951 | 379 | #348 |
| 1950 | 339 | #367 |
| 1949 | 361 | #355 |
| 1948 | 400 | #337 |
| 1947 | 400 | #340 |
| 1946 | 363 | #339 |
| 1945 | 327 | #328 |
| 1944 | 385 | #309 |
| 1943 | 416 | #304 |
| 1942 | 418 | #296 |
| 1941 | 353 | #308 |
| 1940 | 384 | #284 |
| 1939 | 373 | #286 |
| 1938 | 358 | #289 |
| 1937 | 387 | #277 |
| 1936 | 376 | #278 |
| 1935 | 470 | #246 |
| 1934 | 420 | #267 |
| 1933 | 407 | #261 |
| 1932 | 462 | #251 |
| 1931 | 463 | #249 |
| 1930 | 542 | #232 |
| 1929 | 566 | #225 |
| 1928 | 517 | #245 |
| 1927 | 571 | #230 |
| 1926 | 519 | #247 |
| 1925 | 536 | #245 |
| 1924 | 620 | #218 |
| 1923 | 573 | #231 |
| 1922 | 609 | #217 |
| 1921 | 661 | #207 |
| 1920 | 593 | #218 |
| 1919 | 570 | #218 |
| 1918 | 698 | #186 |
| 1917 | 533 | #210 |
| 1916 | 556 | #203 |
| 1915 | 532 | #202 |
| 1914 | 448 | #191 |
| 1913 | 340 | #197 |
| 1912 | 332 | #176 |
| 1911 | 177 | #178 |
| 1910 | 141 | #190 |
| 1909 | 119 | #189 |
| 1908 | 120 | #179 |
| 1907 | 111 | #190 |
| 1906 | 106 | #171 |
| 1905 | 134 | #154 |
| 1904 | 120 | #157 |
| 1903 | 132 | #142 |
| 1902 | 130 | #143 |
| 1901 | 128 | #133 |
| 1900 | 153 | #142 |
| 1899 | 127 | #125 |
| 1898 | 143 | #126 |
| 1897 | 143 | #117 |
| 1896 | 173 | #109 |
| 1895 | 149 | #114 |
| 1894 | 187 | #98 |
| 1893 | 184 | #96 |
| 1892 | 200 | #96 |
| 1891 | 181 | #89 |
| 1890 | 180 | #97 |
| 1889 | 231 | #75 |
| 1888 | 282 | #73 |
| 1887 | 237 | #72 |
| 1886 | 228 | #76 |
| 1885 | 276 | #66 |
| 1884 | 280 | #67 |
| 1883 | 273 | #62 |
| 1882 | 341 | #52 |
| 1881 | 312 | #50 |
| 1880 | 348 | #47 |
Names like Bert
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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