Bertha was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #7 in 1883 but is far less common today.
Bertha is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #4,569 for girl births in the United States (and #7,916 across all names), given to 30 babies. Bertha was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (5,051 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | 30 | #4,569 | — |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 | #4,684 | — |
| 2023 | 30 | 30 | #4,581 | — |
| 2022 | 34 | 34 | #4,220 | — |
| 2021 | 25 | 25 | #5,112 | — |
| 2020 | 28 | 28 | #4,661 | — |
| 2019 | 30 | 30 | #4,557 | — |
| 2018 | 28 | 28 | #4,792 | — |
| 2017 | 28 | 28 | #4,825 | — |
| 2016 | 36 | 36 | #4,099 | — |
| 2015 | 30 | 30 | #4,610 | — |
| 2014 | 34 | 34 | #4,280 | — |
| 2013 | 28 | 28 | #4,921 | — |
| 2012 | 28 | 28 | #4,987 | — |
| 2011 | 47 | 47 | #3,416 | — |
| 2010 | 41 | 41 | #3,758 | — |
| 2009 | 46 | 46 | #3,520 | — |
| 2008 | 45 | 45 | #3,591 | — |
| 2007 | 63 | 63 | #2,865 | — |
| 2006 | 73 | 73 | #2,512 | — |
| 2005 | 58 | 58 | #2,834 | — |
| 2004 | 71 | 71 | #2,400 | — |
| 2003 | 59 | 59 | #2,677 | — |
| 2002 | 80 | 80 | #2,114 | — |
| 2001 | 99 | 99 | #1,798 | — |
| 2000 | 92 | 92 | #1,855 | — |
| 1999 | 104 | 104 | #1,613 | — |
| 1998 | 108 | 108 | #1,544 | — |
| 1997 | 124 | — | #1,377 | — |
| 1996 | 130 | — | #1,314 | — |
| 1995 | 142 | — | #1,209 | — |
| 1994 | 124 | — | #1,347 | — |
| 1993 | 161 | — | #1,115 | — |
| 1992 | 172 | — | #1,061 | — |
| 1991 | 156 | — | #1,137 | — |
| 1990 | 179 | — | #1,015 | — |
| 1989 | 167 | — | #1,024 | — |
| 1988 | 146 | — | #1,078 | — |
| 1987 | 155 | — | #1,005 | — |
| 1986 | 150 | — | #1,042 | #6,825 |
| 1985 | 163 | — | #951 | — |
| 1984 | 146 | — | #989 | — |
| 1983 | 166 | — | #905 | — |
| 1982 | 187 | — | #835 | — |
| 1981 | 209 | — | #781 | — |
| 1980 | 203 | — | #802 | — |
| 1979 | 209 | — | #769 | — |
| 1978 | 199 | — | #775 | — |
| 1977 | 232 | — | #675 | — |
| 1976 | 216 | — | #685 | — |
| 1975 | 263 | — | #605 | — |
| 1974 | 276 | — | #574 | — |
| 1973 | 316 | — | #531 | — |
| 1972 | 288 | — | #573 | — |
| 1971 | 351 | — | #523 | — |
| 1970 | 367 | — | #521 | — |
| 1969 | 398 | — | #487 | — |
| 1968 | 396 | — | #484 | — |
| 1967 | 429 | — | #457 | — |
| 1966 | 533 | — | #401 | #3,999 |
| 1965 | 560 | — | #394 | #3,573 |
| 1964 | 639 | — | #380 | — |
| 1963 | 575 | — | #401 | — |
| 1962 | 730 | — | #350 | — |
| 1961 | 749 | — | #350 | #2,728 |
| 1960 | 850 | — | #323 | — |
| 1959 | 872 | — | #313 | — |
| 1958 | 961 | — | #289 | #3,580 |
| 1957 | 1,010 | — | #275 | — |
| 1956 | 959 | — | #282 | #3,569 |
| 1955 | 1,163 | — | #239 | #2,584 |
| 1954 | 1,158 | — | #238 | — |
| 1953 | 1,182 | — | #233 | #2,726 |
| 1952 | 1,254 | — | #218 | #3,791 |
| 1951 | 1,332 | — | #208 | — |
| 1950 | 1,402 | — | #193 | #3,356 |
| 1949 | 1,529 | — | #181 | #2,627 |
| 1948 | 1,515 | — | #183 | — |
| 1947 | 1,609 | — | #180 | #3,400 |
| 1946 | 1,538 | — | #173 | #3,207 |
| 1945 | 1,434 | — | #165 | #3,376 |
| 1944 | 1,637 | — | #151 | #2,653 |
| 1943 | 1,800 | — | #150 | #2,081 |
| 1942 | 1,768 | — | #147 | #2,274 |
| 1941 | 1,738 | — | #140 | #1,827 |
| 1940 | 1,741 | — | #141 | #2,191 |
| 1939 | 1,813 | — | #135 | #1,536 |
| 1938 | 1,833 | — | #131 | #1,748 |
| 1937 | 1,968 | — | #121 | #2,002 |
| 1936 | 1,927 | — | #122 | #1,879 |
| 1935 | 2,087 | — | #114 | #1,713 |
| 1934 | 2,098 | — | #112 | #1,787 |
| 1933 | 2,173 | — | #106 | #2,108 |
| 1932 | 2,498 | — | #101 | #1,390 |
| 1931 | 2,380 | — | #102 | #1,855 |
| 1930 | 2,626 | — | #95 | #1,604 |
| 1929 | 2,812 | — | #93 | #2,329 |
| 1928 | 3,179 | — | #81 | #1,833 |
| 1927 | 3,404 | — | #80 | #1,564 |
| 1926 | 3,605 | — | #76 | #1,612 |
| 1925 | 3,786 | — | #74 | #2,205 |
| 1924 | 4,145 | — | #65 | #1,633 |
| 1923 | 4,137 | — | #64 | #2,131 |
| 1922 | 4,436 | — | #63 | #1,956 |
| 1921 | 4,624 | — | #59 | #2,070 |
| 1920 | 4,626 | — | #57 | #1,647 |
| 1919 | 4,764 | — | #52 | #2,694 |
| 1918 | 5,065 | — | #51 | #2,173 |
| 1917 | 4,901 | — | #51 | #1,649 |
| 1916 | 4,915 | — | #49 | #1,962 |
| 1915 | 4,797 | — | #46 | #2,196 |
| 1914 | 3,868 | — | #41 | #2,290 |
| 1913 | 3,359 | — | #39 | #1,449 |
| 1912 | 3,306 | — | #36 | #1,098 |
| 1911 | 2,611 | — | #36 | #1,767 |
| 1910 | 2,664 | — | #33 | #871 |
| 1909 | 2,453 | — | #29 | #1,030 |
| 1908 | 2,391 | — | #29 | #1,127 |
| 1907 | 2,378 | — | #26 | #669 |
| 1906 | 2,312 | — | #25 | #801 |
| 1905 | 2,444 | — | #21 | #795 |
| 1904 | 2,379 | — | #20 | #570 |
| 1903 | 2,319 | — | #22 | #740 |
| 1902 | 2,383 | — | #22 | #691 |
| 1901 | 2,263 | — | #19 | #963 |
| 1900 | 3,041 | — | #16 | #492 |
| 1899 | 2,299 | — | #16 | #1,064 |
| 1898 | 2,652 | — | #17 | #705 |
| 1897 | 2,511 | — | #13 | #730 |
| 1896 | 2,577 | — | #15 | #646 |
| 1895 | 2,639 | — | #11 | #581 |
| 1894 | 2,510 | — | #14 | #544 |
| 1893 | 2,633 | — | #10 | #658 |
| 1892 | 2,629 | — | #11 | #604 |
| 1891 | 2,380 | — | #10 | #710 |
| 1890 | 2,394 | — | #10 | #897 |
| 1889 | 2,305 | — | #11 | #555 |
| 1888 | 2,463 | — | #7 | #556 |
| 1887 | 2,048 | — | #7 | #549 |
| 1886 | 2,013 | — | #8 | #545 |
| 1885 | 1,873 | — | #8 | #522 |
| 1884 | 1,797 | — | #9 | #710 |
| 1883 | 1,687 | — | #7 | #811 |
| 1882 | 1,516 | — | #9 | #708 |
| 1881 | 1,329 | — | #9 | #881 |
| 1880 | 1,320 | — | #9 | — |