Berta
Girl · BER-tuh · Germanic
Berta is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “bright, famous”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Berta mean?
Germanic: short form of Bertha, from Germanic beraht 'bright'
“bright, famous”
Bertha, a Christian Frankish princess, was queen of Kent when Augustine's mission arrived in 597.
- Say it
- BER-tuh
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Is Berta a girl's or a boy's name?
Berta is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Berta in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Berta, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1926, with 132 girls.
Half of all the girls named Berta in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 1956, the years shaded on the chart below.
Berta in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,709 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,014 |
| 1988 | 32 | #3,090 |
| 1987 | 23 | #3,740 |
| 1986 | 25 | #3,457 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,418 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,422 |
| 1983 | 24 | #3,339 |
| 1982 | 34 | #2,704 |
| 1981 | 31 | #2,847 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1979 | 33 | #2,671 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,009 |
| 1977 | 48 | #2,002 |
| 1976 | 47 | #1,912 |
| 1975 | 30 | #2,565 |
| 1974 | 37 | #2,172 |
| 1973 | 34 | #2,267 |
| 1972 | 37 | #2,093 |
| 1971 | 42 | #2,001 |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,952 |
| 1969 | 53 | #1,648 |
| 1968 | 49 | #1,647 |
| 1967 | 47 | #1,659 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,736 |
| 1965 | 43 | #1,715 |
| 1964 | 45 | #1,731 |
| 1963 | 53 | #1,546 |
| 1962 | 71 | #1,314 |
| 1961 | 58 | #1,464 |
| 1960 | 63 | #1,384 |
| 1959 | 66 | #1,314 |
| 1958 | 66 | #1,298 |
| 1957 | 84 | #1,152 |
| 1956 | 76 | #1,193 |
| 1955 | 78 | #1,129 |
| 1954 | 80 | #1,101 |
| 1953 | 72 | #1,136 |
| 1952 | 74 | #1,095 |
| 1951 | 69 | #1,115 |
| 1950 | 79 | #1,025 |
| 1949 | 73 | #1,049 |
| 1948 | 89 | #918 |
| 1947 | 84 | #968 |
| 1946 | 96 | #842 |
| 1945 | 65 | #954 |
| 1944 | 64 | #971 |
| 1943 | 93 | #798 |
| 1942 | 91 | #802 |
| 1941 | 101 | #699 |
| 1940 | 95 | #714 |
| 1939 | 90 | #717 |
| 1938 | 87 | #737 |
| 1937 | 110 | #646 |
| 1936 | 102 | #652 |
| 1935 | 109 | #621 |
| 1934 | 93 | #693 |
| 1933 | 120 | #588 |
| 1932 | 127 | #583 |
| 1931 | 111 | #628 |
| 1930 | 119 | #634 |
| 1929 | 112 | #656 |
| 1928 | 123 | #634 |
| 1927 | 130 | #627 |
| 1926 | 132 | #621 |
| 1925 | 127 | #651 |
| 1924 | 110 | #708 |
| 1923 | 98 | #735 |
| 1922 | 112 | #692 |
| 1921 | 122 | #667 |
| 1920 | 106 | #705 |
| 1919 | 86 | #758 |
| 1918 | 108 | #691 |
| 1917 | 89 | #746 |
| 1916 | 79 | #769 |
| 1915 | 84 | #724 |
| 1914 | 75 | #671 |
| 1913 | 75 | #594 |
| 1912 | 63 | #620 |
| 1911 | 47 | #624 |
| 1910 | 48 | #604 |
| 1909 | 38 | #638 |
| 1908 | 38 | #617 |
| 1907 | 53 | #489 |
| 1906 | 43 | #528 |
| 1905 | 35 | #587 |
| 1904 | 43 | #500 |
| 1903 | 53 | #435 |
| 1902 | 46 | #464 |
| 1901 | 52 | #414 |
| 1900 | 55 | #453 |
| 1899 | 49 | #416 |
| 1898 | 33 | #555 |
| 1897 | 52 | #406 |
| 1896 | 33 | #514 |
| 1895 | 37 | #480 |
| 1894 | 32 | #504 |
| 1893 | 28 | #520 |
| 1892 | 33 | #471 |
| 1891 | 37 | #404 |
| 1890 | 37 | #412 |
| 1889 | 46 | #353 |
| 1888 | 38 | #394 |
| 1887 | 24 | #459 |
| 1886 | 30 | #395 |
| 1885 | 35 | #337 |
| 1884 | 28 | #377 |
| 1883 | 21 | #411 |
| 1882 | 26 | #348 |
| 1881 | 14 | #447 |
| 1880 | 24 | #326 |
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