Bertram
Boy · BER-tram · Germanic
Bertram is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “bright raven”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Bertram mean?
Germanic
“bright raven”
P.G. Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster is, in full, Bertram Wilberforce Wooster.
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- BER-tram
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Is Bertram a girl's or a boy's name?
Bertram is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bertram in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Bertram, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 28 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Bertram than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Bertram in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#74) and 1914 (#77).
Bertram in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2020 | 14 | #1,733 |
| 2019 | 23 | #1,230 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,374 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 22 | #1,268 |
| 2014 | 28 | #1,079 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 14 | #1,697 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,445 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 16 | #980 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 14 | #1,021 |
How popular is Bertram in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 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, 9 boys in the US were named Bertram, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1923, with 228 boys.
Half of all the boys named Bertram in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1954, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bertram in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 31 | #2,289 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,088 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,834 |
| 1986 | 20 | #2,598 |
| 1985 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1984 | 28 | #1,932 |
| 1983 | 32 | #1,747 |
| 1982 | 37 | #1,621 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,941 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 25 | #2,048 |
| 1978 | 38 | #1,508 |
| 1977 | 26 | #1,904 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,931 |
| 1975 | 37 | #1,455 |
| 1974 | 43 | #1,290 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,268 |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,210 |
| 1971 | 53 | #1,127 |
| 1970 | 67 | #989 |
| 1969 | 64 | #959 |
| 1968 | 57 | #968 |
| 1967 | 61 | #925 |
| 1966 | 71 | #860 |
| 1965 | 62 | #934 |
| 1964 | 69 | #914 |
| 1963 | 59 | #983 |
| 1962 | 63 | #952 |
| 1961 | 61 | #989 |
| 1960 | 58 | #1,007 |
| 1959 | 63 | #968 |
| 1958 | 68 | #914 |
| 1957 | 62 | #965 |
| 1956 | 68 | #905 |
| 1955 | 83 | #800 |
| 1954 | 80 | #806 |
| 1953 | 84 | #773 |
| 1952 | 69 | #839 |
| 1951 | 86 | #748 |
| 1950 | 73 | #796 |
| 1949 | 77 | #781 |
| 1948 | 83 | #736 |
| 1947 | 73 | #804 |
| 1946 | 65 | #812 |
| 1945 | 66 | #753 |
| 1944 | 65 | #774 |
| 1943 | 63 | #828 |
| 1942 | 86 | #693 |
| 1941 | 83 | #671 |
| 1940 | 83 | #667 |
| 1939 | 86 | #636 |
| 1938 | 81 | #667 |
| 1937 | 76 | #687 |
| 1936 | 79 | #660 |
| 1935 | 96 | #589 |
| 1934 | 95 | #606 |
| 1933 | 127 | #498 |
| 1932 | 124 | #521 |
| 1931 | 141 | #478 |
| 1930 | 158 | #470 |
| 1929 | 141 | #494 |
| 1928 | 187 | #437 |
| 1927 | 177 | #460 |
| 1926 | 174 | #456 |
| 1925 | 194 | #427 |
| 1924 | 223 | #413 |
| 1923 | 228 | #394 |
| 1922 | 223 | #404 |
| 1921 | 195 | #437 |
| 1920 | 200 | #422 |
| 1919 | 184 | #433 |
| 1918 | 197 | #417 |
| 1917 | 203 | #398 |
| 1916 | 155 | #447 |
| 1915 | 159 | #429 |
| 1914 | 131 | #417 |
| 1913 | 95 | #436 |
| 1912 | 90 | #408 |
| 1911 | 52 | #395 |
| 1910 | 33 | #480 |
| 1909 | 27 | #496 |
| 1908 | 27 | #475 |
| 1907 | 25 | #464 |
| 1906 | 28 | #411 |
| 1905 | 27 | #410 |
| 1904 | 21 | #466 |
| 1903 | 18 | #505 |
| 1902 | 17 | #521 |
| 1901 | 13 | #559 |
| 1900 | 20 | #534 |
| 1899 | 15 | #502 |
| 1898 | 14 | #572 |
| 1897 | 13 | #584 |
| 1896 | 14 | #551 |
| 1895 | 30 | #337 |
| 1894 | 17 | #480 |
| 1893 | 13 | #538 |
| 1892 | 18 | #458 |
| 1891 | 13 | #497 |
| 1890 | 18 | #424 |
| 1889 | 18 | #434 |
| 1888 | 14 | #528 |
| 1887 | 17 | #409 |
| 1886 | 8 | #694 |
| 1885 | 19 | #411 |
| 1884 | 16 | #468 |
| 1883 | 18 | #412 |
| 1882 | 21 | #389 |
| 1881 | 15 | #442 |
| 1880 | 18 | #403 |
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