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Bertie

Gender
Boy
Say it
BER-tee
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#273 for boys
US rank, 2025
#8,858 for girls
Style
Vintage revival

Bertie is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “bright”. In 2025 it ranked 273rd for boys in the UK (187 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).

What does Bertie mean?

Germanic: pet form of Albert, Herbert, Bertram and similar names

“bright”

Both Edward VII and George VI were known to their families as Bertie.

Is Bertie a girl's or a boy's name?

Bertie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 187 boys in the UK and 11 girls in the US.

How popular is Bertie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
273rd among boys
Babies in 2025
187 about 1 in 1,600 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 6% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 187 boys in the UK were named Bertie, making it the 273rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 226th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 256 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Bertie than any year since 2017.

Half of all the boys named Bertie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 264th in England and Wales, 560th in Scotland and 212th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#69).

1996Busiest: 256 in 20212025
Bertie in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025187#273
2024190#274
2023243#222
2022217#243
2021256#225
2020251#226
2019214#258
2018197#287
2017163#342
2016159#340
2015158#335
2014141#356
2013101#451
201294#466
201195#449
201036#883
200940#797
200838#824
200735#843
200622#1,096
200529#866
200421#1,040
200316#1,163
200220#951
200122#845
20006#1,977
199913#1,142
199819#878
19976#1,853
19967#1,652

How popular is Bertie in the US?

Rank in 2025
8,858th among girls
Babies in 2025
11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Bertie, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1928, with 396 girls.

Half of all the girls named Bertie in the US since 1880 were born between 1903 and 1930, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 396 in 19282025
Bertie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202511#8,858
202414#7,590
202315#7,242
20229#10,377
202113#8,019
20209#10,245
201914#7,712
201810#9,801
20170–
20160–
20155#16,413
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20050–
20040–
20030–
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19980–
19970–
19960–
19950–
19940–
19930–
19920–
19910–
19900–
19890–
19880–
19870–
19865#10,907
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19790–
19786#8,560
19776#8,442
19765#9,282
19757#7,171
19740–
19730–
197213#4,299
19718#6,004
197015#3,871
19699#5,056
196814#3,609
19677#5,456
196610#4,197
196512#3,732
196417#3,107
196325#2,423
196218#2,921
196119#2,838
196016#3,094
195928#2,151
195825#2,259
195729#2,027
195641#1,661
195536#1,732
195445#1,504
195344#1,472
195247#1,419
195169#1,115
195054#1,249
194969#1,076
194875#1,011
194794#914
194689#880
194590#790
1944110#718
1943118#705
1942126#668
1941132#613
1940123#635
1939138#572
1938158#541
1937136#577
1936176#484
1935176#475
1934189#468
1933194#470
1932228#435
1931202#453
1930234#439
1929267#405
1928396#336
1927238#451
1926271#413
1925253#434
1924260#433
1923256#419
1922320#369
1921292#396
1920306#378
1919299#375
1918308#370
1917301#362
1916327#343
1915342#323
1914239#342
1913230#315
1912222#304
1911174#300
1910195#278
1909184#264
1908164#276
1907188#251
1906150#270
1905165#251
1904188#222
1903188#222
1902205#206
1901196#202
1900203#221
1899162#215
1898167#227
1897175#209
1896183#207
1895154#220
1894178#196
1893167#198
1892169#194
1891156#188
1890158#188
1889143#189
1888179#163
1887108#193
1886151#154
1885126#163
188499#179
1883106#160
188296#162
188168#181
188077#169

Nicknames for Bertie

Names like Bertie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Archie, Ollie, Charlie, Albert, Wilfred, Otto, Frederick, Ernest, Henry, Hughie, Louie, Otis

Names related to Bertie

Bert, Berat, Bertha, Berit, Berta

More Germanic names

Amelia, Liam, Charlotte, William, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles, Lottie

Every Germanic name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Bertie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bertie, updated 20 October 2026.