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How popular is “Bertie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Bertie” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Bertie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Bertie” 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 85 0.00042187 77 8 81%
1881 77 0.00039961 68 9 77%
1882 108 0.000487512 96 12 78%
1883 116 0.000534695 106 10 83%
1884 112 0.000460033 99 13 77%
1885 137 0.000568809 126 11 84%
1886 159 0.000622758 151 8 90%
1887 118 0.000476976 108 10 83%
1888 185 0.00061775 179 6 94%
1889 159 0.000550276 143 16 80%
1890 166 0.000550761 158 8 90%
1891 164 0.00057208 156 8 90%
1892 184 0.000550282 169 15 84%
1893 181 0.000556541 167 14 85%
1894 185 0.000546222 178 7 92%
1895 163 0.000464361 154 9 89%
1896 191 0.00053429 183 8 92%
1897 181 0.000521678 175 6 93%
1898 176 0.000461391 167 9 90%
1899 167 0.000492286 162 5 94%
1900 203 0.000450853 203 100%
1901 206 0.000595699 196 10 90%
1902 214 0.000553353 205 9 92%
1903 194 0.000508919 188 6 94%
1904 196 0.000485768 188 8 92%
1905 170 0.000401017 165 5 94%
1906 156 0.000364102 150 6 92%
1907 198 0.00042545 188 10 90%
1908 170 0.000347898 164 6 93%
1909 192 0.000375569 184 8 92%
1910 195 0.000330111 195 100%
1911 186 0.000288695 174 12 87%
1912 234 0.000236827 222 12 90%
1913 240 0.000211061 230 10 92%
1914 261 0.000184277 239 22 83%
1915 360 0.000196461 342 18 90%
1916 340 0.000175764 327 13 92%
1917 313 0.000155974 301 12 92%
1918 336 0.000154759 308 28 83%
1919 326 0.000154484 299 27 83%
1920 321 0.000141869 306 15 91%
1921 318 0.000136217 292 26 84%
1922 338 0.000147653 320 18 89%
1923 273 0.000118568 256 17 88%
1924 279 0.000117148 260 19 86%
1925 274 0.00011743 253 21 85%
1926 292 0.000127183 271 21 86%
1927 260 0.0001121 238 22 83%
1928 415 0.000183552 396 19 91%
1929 280 0.000127728 267 13 91%
1930 255 0.000114695 234 21 84%
1931 223 0.000105969 202 21 81%
1932 240 0.000113675 228 12 90%
1933 200 0.000100028 194 6 94%
1934 203 0.000097746 189 14 86%
1935 182 0.000087086 176 6 93%
1936 195 0.000093859 176 19 81%
1937 145 0.000068054 136 9 88%
1938 168 0.00007593 158 10 88%
1939 151 0.000068529 138 13 83%
1940 136 0.000059061 123 13 81%
1941 138 0.00005664 132 6 91%
1942 132 0.000048319 126 6 91%
1943 127 0.000044995 118 9 86%
1944 119 0.000044237 110 9 85%
1945 100 0.000037694 90 10 80%
1946 97 0.000030357 89 8 84%
1947 102 0.000028315 94 8 84%
1948 75 0.000021723 75 100%
1949 77 0.000022096 69 8 79%
1950 59 0.000016841 54 5 83%
1951 74 0.000020088 69 5 86%
1952 47 0.000012375 47 100%
1953 52 0.000013494 44 8 69%
1954 45 0.000011305 45 100%
1955 36 0.000008966 36 100%
1956 46 0.000011157 41 5 78%
1957 29 0.000006901 29 100%
1958 25 0.000006048 25 100%
1959 28 0.000006734 28 100%
1960 21 0.000005056 16 5 52%
1961 19 0.000004587 19 100%
1962 23 0.0000057 18 5 57%
1963 25 0.000006316 25 100%
1964 17 0.000004373 17 100%
1965 12 0.00000331 12 100%
1966 15 0.000004316 10 5 33%
1967 7 0.000002062 7 100%
1968 14 0.000004144 14 100%
1969 9 0.00000259 9 100%
1970 15 0.000004159 15 100%
1971 8 0.000002331 8 100%
1972 13 0.000004136 13 100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 100%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 100%
1979 5 0.000001503 5 -100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 100%
2018 10 0.000002844 10 100%
2019 14 0.000004033 14 100%
2020 9 0.000002694 9 100%
2021 13 0.000003837 13 100%
2022 9 0.00000266 9 100%
2023 15 0.00000453 15 100%
2024 14 0.000004206 14 100%

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