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How popular is “Bert” in the USA?

Number of people named “Bert” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Bert” 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 “Bert” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Bert” by birth year

This chart shows how “Bert” 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
1880 348 0.001727184 348 -100%
1881 312 0.001619198 312 -100%
1882 341 0.001539274 341 -100%
1883 278 0.001281425 5 273 -96%
1884 285 0.001170619 5 280 -96%
1885 276 0.001145922 276 -100%
1886 228 0.000893011 228 -100%
1887 246 0.000994373 9 237 -93%
1888 289 0.000965025 7 282 -95%
1889 231 0.000799457 231 -100%
1890 180 0.000597211 180 -100%
1891 187 0.000652311 6 181 -94%
1892 205 0.000613086 5 200 -95%
1893 184 0.000565766 184 -100%
1894 197 0.000581653 10 187 -90%
1895 156 0.000444419 7 149 -91%
1896 181 0.000506316 8 173 -91%
1897 151 0.000435212 8 143 -89%
1898 153 0.000401096 10 143 -87%
1899 127 0.000374373 127 -100%
1900 164 0.000364236 11 153 -87%
1901 139 0.000401953 11 128 -84%
1902 145 0.000374936 15 130 -79%
1903 145 0.000380378 13 132 -82%
1904 130 0.000322193 10 120 -85%
1905 142 0.000334967 8 134 -89%
1906 119 0.000277745 13 106 -78%
1907 118 0.000253551 7 111 -88%
1908 134 0.000274225 14 120 -79%
1909 127 0.000248423 8 119 -87%
1910 152 0.000257317 11 141 -86%
1911 189 0.000293352 12 177 -87%
1912 349 0.000353217 17 332 -90%
1913 354 0.000311316 14 340 -92%
1914 468 0.000330428 20 448 -91%
1915 554 0.000302331 22 532 -92%
1916 569 0.000294145 13 556 -95%
1917 550 0.000274075 17 533 -94%
1918 715 0.000329324 17 698 -95%
1919 590 0.000279588 20 570 -93%
1920 609 0.000269154 16 593 -95%
1921 668 0.000286142 7 661 -98%
1922 626 0.000273463 17 609 -95%
1923 588 0.000255377 15 573 -95%
1924 633 0.000265787 13 620 -96%
1925 550 0.000235717 14 536 -95%
1926 533 0.000232152 14 519 -95%
1927 584 0.000251794 13 571 -96%
1928 526 0.000232647 9 517 -97%
1929 576 0.000262754 10 566 -97%
1930 551 0.000247831 9 542 -97%
1931 483 0.00022952 20 463 -92%
1932 471 0.000223086 9 462 -96%
1933 414 0.000207057 7 407 -97%
1934 431 0.000207529 11 420 -95%
1935 470 0.000224891 470 -100%
1936 382 0.000183868 6 376 -97%
1937 395 0.000185388 8 387 -96%
1938 363 0.000164062 5 358 -97%
1939 373 0.000169281 373 -100%
1940 391 0.000169802 7 384 -96%
1941 364 0.000149399 11 353 -94%
1942 426 0.00015594 8 418 -96%
1943 416 0.000147384 416 -100%
1944 394 0.000146464 9 385 -95%
1945 327 0.000123261 327 -100%
1946 363 0.000113604 363 -100%
1947 407 0.000112983 7 400 -97%
1948 406 0.000117595 6 400 -97%
1949 361 0.000103593 361 -100%
1950 346 0.000098762 7 339 -96%
1951 385 0.000104513 6 379 -97%
1952 383 0.000100842 383 -100%
1953 358 0.000092899 358 -100%
1954 355 0.00008918 8 347 -95%
1955 410 0.000102115 5 405 -98%
1956 386 0.00009362 10 376 -95%
1957 350 0.000083291 5 345 -97%
1958 428 0.000103534 428 -100%
1959 395 0.000094998 7 388 -96%
1960 395 0.000095093 5 390 -97%
1961 322 0.000077735 322 -100%
1962 360 0.000089211 360 -100%
1963 324 0.000081855 324 -100%
1964 335 0.000086171 335 -100%
1965 260 0.000071715 260 -100%
1966 252 0.000072504 252 -100%
1967 245 0.000072167 245 -100%
1968 217 0.000064231 217 -100%
1969 214 0.000061577 214 -100%
1970 241 0.000066824 241 -100%
1971 209 0.000060891 209 -100%
1972 199 0.000063315 199 -100%
1973 159 0.000052703 159 -100%
1974 140 0.000046053 140 -100%
1975 162 0.000053653 162 -100%
1976 146 0.000048117 146 -100%
1977 151 0.000047537 151 -100%
1978 115 0.000036233 115 -100%
1979 114 0.000034265 114 -100%
1980 118 0.000034257 118 -100%
1981 98 0.000028329 98 -100%
1982 85 0.000024231 85 -100%
1983 84 0.000024254 84 -100%
1984 69 0.000019778 69 -100%
1985 61 0.000017091 61 -100%
1986 72 0.000020241 72 -100%
1987 65 0.000018027 65 -100%
1988 56 0.000015155 56 -100%
1989 44 0.000011445 44 -100%
1990 56 0.000014168 56 -100%
1991 54 0.000013863 54 -100%
1992 41 0.000010674 41 -100%
1993 24 0.000006366 24 -100%
1994 33 0.000008877 33 -100%
1995 29 0.000007919 29 -100%
1996 30 0.000008225 30 -100%
1997 16 0.000004413 16 -100%
1998 24 0.000006525 24 -100%
1999 14 0.00000379 14 -100%
2000 21 0.000005556 21 -100%
2001 23 0.000006144 23 -100%
2002 10 0.000002675 10 -100%
2003 17 0.000004471 17 -100%
2004 13 0.000003402 13 -100%
2005 13 0.000003381 13 -100%
2006 18 0.00000455 18 -100%
2007 14 0.000003502 14 -100%
2008 13 0.000003307 13 -100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 -100%
2011 10 0.000002734 10 -100%
2012 11 0.000003008 11 -100%
2013 9 0.000002469 9 -100%
2014 17 0.000004587 17 -100%
2015 12 0.000003242 12 -100%
2016 14 0.000003816 14 -100%
2017 10 0.000002796 10 -100%
2018 11 0.000003129 11 -100%
2019 19 0.000005474 19 -100%
2020 9 0.000002694 9 -100%
2021 7 0.000002066 7 -100%
2022 12 0.000003547 12 -100%
2023 8 0.000002416 8 -100%
2024 9 0.000002704 9 -100%

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