Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Berlin” in the USA?

Number of people named “Berlin” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Berlin” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Berlin” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Berlin” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Berlin” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Berlin” by birth year

This chart shows how “Berlin” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1899 5 0.000014739 5 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 -100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 -100%
1912 16 0.000016193 16 -100%
1913 15 0.000013191 15 -100%
1914 27 0.000019063 27 -100%
1915 29 0.000015826 29 -100%
1916 42 0.000021712 42 -100%
1917 19 0.000009468 19 -100%
1918 45 0.000020727 10 35 -56%
1919 37 0.000017534 37 -100%
1920 52 0.000022982 10 42 -62%
1921 47 0.000020133 5 42 -79%
1922 44 0.000019221 6 38 -73%
1923 41 0.000017807 8 33 -61%
1924 39 0.000016375 5 34 -74%
1925 36 0.000015429 36 -100%
1926 38 0.000016551 38 -100%
1927 33 0.000014228 6 27 -64%
1928 28 0.000012384 28 -100%
1929 25 0.000011404 25 -100%
1930 26 0.000011694 26 -100%
1931 30 0.000014256 30 -100%
1932 20 0.000009473 20 -100%
1933 20 0.000010003 20 -100%
1934 21 0.000010112 21 -100%
1935 24 0.000011484 24 -100%
1936 23 0.000011071 23 -100%
1937 13 0.000006101 13 -100%
1938 22 0.000009943 22 -100%
1939 27 0.000012254 27 -100%
1940 29 0.000012594 5 24 -66%
1941 22 0.00000903 22 -100%
1942 21 0.000007687 21 -100%
1943 28 0.00000992 5 23 -64%
1944 13 0.000004833 13 -100%
1945 13 0.0000049 13 -100%
1946 13 0.000004068 13 -100%
1947 20 0.000005552 5 15 -50%
1948 22 0.000006372 5 17 -55%
1949 13 0.000003731 13 -100%
1950 14 0.000003996 14 -100%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 -100%
1952 17 0.000004476 17 -100%
1953 7 0.000001816 7 -100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 -100%
1955 17 0.000004234 17 -100%
1956 9 0.000002183 9 -100%
1957 10 0.00000238 10 -100%
1958 11 0.000002661 11 -100%
1959 11 0.000002646 11 -100%
1960 13 0.00000313 13 -100%
1961 17 0.000004104 17 -100%
1962 10 0.000002478 10 -100%
1963 13 0.000003284 13 -100%
1964 9 0.000002315 9 -100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 -100%
1967 9 0.000002651 9 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1970 13 0.000003605 13 -100%
1971 8 0.000002331 8 -100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 -100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
1979 5 0.000001503 5 -100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 -100%
1982 10 0.000002851 10 -100%
1983 10 0.000002887 5 5 0%
1985 13 0.000003642 7 6 8%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 -100%
1987 14 0.000003883 9 5 29%
1988 19 0.000005142 13 6 37%
1989 26 0.000006763 14 12 8%
1990 19 0.000004807 19 100%
1991 28 0.000007188 22 6 57%
1992 23 0.000005988 15 8 30%
1993 18 0.000004774 18 100%
1994 15 0.000004035 15 100%
1995 25 0.000006827 18 7 44%
1996 26 0.000007129 19 7 46%
1997 17 0.000004689 17 100%
1998 17 0.000004622 11 6 29%
1999 22 0.000005956 15 7 36%
2000 14 0.000003704 14 100%
2001 12 0.000003206 5 7 -17%
2002 12 0.00000321 12 100%
2003 20 0.00000526 20 100%
2004 61 0.000015965 56 5 84%
2005 55 0.000014305 48 7 75%
2006 72 0.000018199 66 6 83%
2007 69 0.00001726 69 100%
2008 82 0.000020862 75 7 83%
2009 89 0.000023297 84 5 89%
2010 96 0.000025976 90 6 88%
2011 102 0.000027886 97 5 90%
2012 79 0.0000216 72 7 82%
2013 80 0.000021944 75 5 88%
2014 91 0.000024552 86 5 89%
2015 87 0.000023508 76 11 75%
2016 80 0.000021806 75 5 88%
2017 71 0.000019854 62 9 75%
2018 74 0.000021047 63 11 70%
2019 64 0.000018439 47 17 47%
2020 91 0.000027241 61 30 34%
2021 82 0.000024203 56 26 37%
2022 89 0.000026307 56 33 26%
2023 71 0.000021442 47 24 32%
2024 83 0.000024936 58 25 40%

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  2. Berlene
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  5. Berlie
  6. Berlin (this page)
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  9. Berline
  10. Berlon
  11. Berlyn