Bertha
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,545 for girls
Bertha is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “bright one”. In 2025 it ranked 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).
What does Bertha mean?
Germanic
“bright one”
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Bertha a girl's or a boy's name?
Bertha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bertha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 54,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Bertha, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 5,051 girls.
Half of all the girls named Bertha in the US since 1880 were born between 1903 and 1933. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Bertha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 30 | #4,562 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 36 | #4,082 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 34 | #4,267 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,885 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 47 | #3,406 |
| 2010 | 41 | #3,744 |
| 2009 | 46 | #3,511 |
| 2008 | 45 | #3,583 |
| 2007 | 63 | #2,858 |
| 2006 | 73 | #2,512 |
| 2005 | 58 | #2,823 |
| 2004 | 71 | #2,393 |
| 2003 | 59 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 80 | #2,110 |
| 2001 | 99 | #1,792 |
| 2000 | 92 | #1,851 |
| 1999 | 104 | #1,610 |
| 1998 | 108 | #1,541 |
| 1997 | 124 | #1,375 |
| 1996 | 130 | #1,312 |
| 1995 | 142 | #1,206 |
| 1994 | 124 | #1,343 |
| 1993 | 161 | #1,111 |
| 1992 | 172 | #1,057 |
| 1991 | 156 | #1,134 |
| 1990 | 179 | #1,012 |
| 1989 | 167 | #1,020 |
| 1988 | 146 | #1,076 |
| 1987 | 155 | #1,005 |
| 1986 | 145 | #1,042 |
| 1985 | 163 | #950 |
| 1984 | 146 | #988 |
| 1983 | 166 | #905 |
| 1982 | 187 | #835 |
| 1981 | 209 | #781 |
| 1980 | 203 | #802 |
| 1979 | 209 | #769 |
| 1978 | 199 | #775 |
| 1977 | 232 | #675 |
| 1976 | 216 | #684 |
| 1975 | 263 | #605 |
| 1974 | 276 | #574 |
| 1973 | 316 | #531 |
| 1972 | 288 | #573 |
| 1971 | 351 | #523 |
| 1970 | 367 | #521 |
| 1969 | 398 | #486 |
| 1968 | 396 | #484 |
| 1967 | 429 | #457 |
| 1966 | 528 | #400 |
| 1965 | 554 | #394 |
| 1964 | 639 | #380 |
| 1963 | 575 | #401 |
| 1962 | 730 | #350 |
| 1961 | 739 | #350 |
| 1960 | 850 | #323 |
| 1959 | 872 | #313 |
| 1958 | 955 | #289 |
| 1957 | 1,010 | #275 |
| 1956 | 953 | #282 |
| 1955 | 1,153 | #239 |
| 1954 | 1,158 | #238 |
| 1953 | 1,173 | #233 |
| 1952 | 1,249 | #218 |
| 1951 | 1,332 | #208 |
| 1950 | 1,396 | #193 |
| 1949 | 1,520 | #181 |
| 1948 | 1,515 | #183 |
| 1947 | 1,603 | #180 |
| 1946 | 1,532 | #173 |
| 1945 | 1,429 | #165 |
| 1944 | 1,629 | #151 |
| 1943 | 1,787 | #150 |
| 1942 | 1,757 | #147 |
| 1941 | 1,723 | #140 |
| 1940 | 1,730 | #140 |
| 1939 | 1,794 | #135 |
| 1938 | 1,817 | #131 |
| 1937 | 1,955 | #121 |
| 1936 | 1,913 | #122 |
| 1935 | 2,070 | #114 |
| 1934 | 2,082 | #112 |
| 1933 | 2,161 | #106 |
| 1932 | 2,473 | #101 |
| 1931 | 2,364 | #102 |
| 1930 | 2,605 | #95 |
| 1929 | 2,800 | #93 |
| 1928 | 3,161 | #81 |
| 1927 | 3,380 | #80 |
| 1926 | 3,583 | #76 |
| 1925 | 3,772 | #74 |
| 1924 | 4,122 | #65 |
| 1923 | 4,122 | #64 |
| 1922 | 4,419 | #63 |
| 1921 | 4,608 | #59 |
| 1920 | 4,604 | #57 |
| 1919 | 4,754 | #52 |
| 1918 | 5,051 | #51 |
| 1917 | 4,881 | #51 |
| 1916 | 4,900 | #49 |
| 1915 | 4,785 | #46 |
| 1914 | 3,859 | #41 |
| 1913 | 3,345 | #39 |
| 1912 | 3,288 | #36 |
| 1911 | 2,606 | #36 |
| 1910 | 2,651 | #33 |
| 1909 | 2,444 | #29 |
| 1908 | 2,384 | #29 |
| 1907 | 2,363 | #26 |
| 1906 | 2,302 | #25 |
| 1905 | 2,434 | #21 |
| 1904 | 2,363 | #20 |
| 1903 | 2,309 | #22 |
| 1902 | 2,372 | #22 |
| 1901 | 2,257 | #19 |
| 1900 | 3,019 | #16 |
| 1899 | 2,294 | #16 |
| 1898 | 2,642 | #17 |
| 1897 | 2,502 | #13 |
| 1896 | 2,565 | #15 |
| 1895 | 2,626 | #11 |
| 1894 | 2,496 | #14 |
| 1893 | 2,623 | #10 |
| 1892 | 2,617 | #11 |
| 1891 | 2,372 | #10 |
| 1890 | 2,388 | #10 |
| 1889 | 2,293 | #11 |
| 1888 | 2,450 | #7 |
| 1887 | 2,037 | #7 |
| 1886 | 2,001 | #8 |
| 1885 | 1,860 | #8 |
| 1884 | 1,789 | #9 |
| 1883 | 1,681 | #7 |
| 1882 | 1,508 | #9 |
| 1881 | 1,324 | #9 |
| 1880 | 1,320 | #9 |
Names like Bertha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ada Della Etta Alma Ida Ella Emma Martha Alice Willa Lottie Hattie
Names related to Bertha
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Freddie Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles Myles Charles
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, “Bertha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bertha, updated 20 October 2026.