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How popular is “Berta” in the USA?

Number of people named “Berta” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Berta” by birth year

This chart shows how “Berta” 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 24 0.000119116 24 100%
1881 14 0.000072656 14 100%
1882 26 0.000117364 26 100%
1883 21 0.000096798 21 100%
1884 28 0.000115008 28 100%
1885 35 0.000145316 35 100%
1886 30 0.000117501 30 100%
1887 24 0.000097012 24 100%
1888 38 0.000126889 38 100%
1889 46 0.000159199 46 100%
1890 37 0.00012276 37 100%
1891 37 0.000129067 37 100%
1892 33 0.000098692 33 100%
1893 28 0.000086095 28 100%
1894 32 0.000094482 32 100%
1895 37 0.000105407 37 100%
1896 33 0.000092312 33 100%
1897 52 0.000149874 52 100%
1898 33 0.000086511 33 100%
1899 49 0.000144443 49 100%
1900 55 0.000122152 55 100%
1901 52 0.000150371 52 100%
1902 46 0.000118945 46 100%
1903 53 0.000139035 53 100%
1904 43 0.000106571 43 100%
1905 35 0.000082562 35 100%
1906 43 0.000100362 43 100%
1907 53 0.000113883 53 100%
1908 38 0.000077765 38 100%
1909 38 0.000074331 38 100%
1910 48 0.000081258 48 100%
1911 47 0.00007295 47 100%
1912 63 0.000063761 63 100%
1913 75 0.000065957 75 100%
1914 75 0.000052953 75 100%
1915 84 0.000045841 84 100%
1916 79 0.000040839 79 100%
1917 89 0.00004435 89 100%
1918 108 0.000049744 108 100%
1919 86 0.000040754 86 100%
1920 106 0.000046848 106 100%
1921 122 0.000052259 122 100%
1922 112 0.000048926 112 100%
1923 98 0.000042563 98 100%
1924 110 0.000046187 110 100%
1925 127 0.000054429 127 100%
1926 132 0.000057494 132 100%
1927 130 0.00005605 130 100%
1928 123 0.000054402 123 100%
1929 112 0.000051091 112 100%
1930 119 0.000053524 119 100%
1931 111 0.000052747 111 100%
1932 127 0.000060153 127 100%
1933 120 0.000060017 120 100%
1934 93 0.00004478 93 100%
1935 109 0.000052156 109 100%
1936 102 0.000049096 102 100%
1937 110 0.000051627 110 100%
1938 87 0.000039321 87 100%
1939 90 0.000040845 90 100%
1940 95 0.000041256 95 100%
1941 101 0.000041454 101 100%
1942 91 0.000033311 91 100%
1943 93 0.000032949 93 100%
1944 64 0.000023791 64 100%
1945 65 0.000024501 65 100%
1946 96 0.000030044 96 100%
1947 84 0.000023318 84 100%
1948 89 0.000025778 89 100%
1949 73 0.000020948 73 100%
1950 79 0.00002255 79 100%
1951 69 0.000018731 69 100%
1952 74 0.000019484 74 100%
1953 72 0.000018684 72 100%
1954 80 0.000020097 80 100%
1955 78 0.000019427 78 100%
1956 76 0.000018433 76 100%
1957 84 0.00001999 84 100%
1958 66 0.000015966 66 100%
1959 66 0.000015873 66 100%
1960 63 0.000015167 63 100%
1961 58 0.000014002 58 100%
1962 71 0.000017594 71 100%
1963 53 0.00001339 53 100%
1964 45 0.000011575 45 100%
1965 43 0.000011861 43 100%
1966 42 0.000012084 42 100%
1967 47 0.000013844 47 100%
1968 49 0.000014504 49 100%
1969 53 0.00001525 53 100%
1970 43 0.000011923 43 100%
1971 42 0.000012236 42 100%
1972 37 0.000011772 37 100%
1973 34 0.00001127 34 100%
1974 37 0.000012171 37 100%
1975 30 0.000009936 30 100%
1976 47 0.00001549 47 100%
1977 48 0.000015111 48 100%
1978 26 0.000008192 26 100%
1979 33 0.000009919 33 100%
1980 28 0.000008129 28 100%
1981 31 0.000008961 31 100%
1982 34 0.000009692 34 100%
1983 24 0.00000693 24 100%
1984 24 0.000006879 24 100%
1985 25 0.000007005 25 100%
1986 25 0.000007028 25 100%
1987 23 0.000006379 23 100%
1988 32 0.00000866 32 100%
1989 24 0.000006243 24 100%
1990 28 0.000007084 28 100%
1991 23 0.000005905 23 100%
1992 21 0.000005467 21 100%
1993 17 0.000004509 17 100%
1994 20 0.00000538 20 100%
1995 15 0.000004096 15 100%
1996 16 0.000004387 16 100%
1997 22 0.000006068 22 100%
1998 16 0.00000435 16 100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 100%
2000 9 0.000002381 9 100%
2001 16 0.000004274 16 100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 100%
2003 14 0.000003682 14 100%
2004 16 0.000004187 16 100%
2005 12 0.000003121 12 100%
2006 13 0.000003286 13 100%
2007 13 0.000003252 13 100%
2008 8 0.000002035 8 100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 100%
2010 8 0.000002165 8 100%
2011 7 0.000001914 7 100%
2012 12 0.000003281 12 100%
2013 10 0.000002743 10 100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 100%
2018 8 0.000002275 8 100%
2019 9 0.000002593 9 100%
2020 8 0.000002395 8 100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 100%
2024 9 0.000002704 9 100%

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