Meaning not yet researched.
Berlin: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 39 in 2025. Its best rank was #2,020 in 2011.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #2,020 in 2011; #3,788 in 2025. About 67% of babies named Berlin in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,788 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2011, at #2,020.
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Berlin: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 39 girls in 2025. Peak: #2,020 in 2011 · most girls in one year: 97 (2011).
In 2025, 39 US girls were named Berlin, making it the 3,788th most common girls’ name of the year, down 928 places from #2,860 in 2024. That is 19 fewer than the 58 girls named Berlin in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #2,020, reached in 2011. That year also had the most girls given the name: 97. For comparison, it was #2,413 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 19 US boys were named Berlin, making it the 5,061st most common boys’ name of the year, down 849 places from #4,212 in 2024. That is 6 fewer than the 25 boys named Berlin in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #987, reached in 1916. The most boys given the name in a single year was 42, in 1921. For comparison, it was #7,123 in 2015 and #2,036 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Berlin in 114 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1899 with 5 babies. In all, 3,431 US babies have been given the name, 52% of them girls and 48% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 824 babies named Berlin.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 564 US girls were named Berlin; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 75. In 2025 that was about 1 in 41,212 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Berlyn, Berlynn and Berline are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Berlyn (1,024), Berlynn (523), Berline (318), Berlene (178), Berlon (37).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Berlin in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,788 | 19 | #5,061 |
| 2024 | 58 | #2,860 | 25 | #4,212 |
| 2023 | 47 | #3,393 | 24 | #4,360 |
| 2022 | 56 | #2,962 | 33 | #3,471 |
| 2021 | 56 | #2,965 | 26 | #4,029 |
| 2020 | 61 | #2,721 | 30 | #3,584 |
| 2019 | 47 | #3,343 | 17 | #5,375 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,716 | 11 | #7,180 |
| 2017 | 62 | #2,753 | 9 | #8,233 |
| 2016 | 75 | #2,448 | 5 | #12,430 |
| 2015 | 76 | #2,413 | 11 | #7,123 |
| 2014 | 86 | #2,199 | 5 | #12,318 |
| 2013 | 75 | #2,411 | 5 | #12,375 |
| 2012 | 72 | #2,519 | 7 | #9,829 |
| 2011 | 97 | #2,020 | 5 | #12,513 |
| 2010 | 90 | #2,171 | 6 | #10,925 |
| 2009 | 84 | #2,319 | 5 | #12,713 |
| 2008 | 75 | #2,518 | 7 | #9,980 |
| 2007 | 69 | #2,650 | — | — |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,706 | 6 | #10,825 |
| 2005 | 48 | #3,216 | 7 | #9,236 |
| 2004 | 56 | #2,858 | 5 | #11,560 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,844 | — | — |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,372 | — | — |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,693 | 7 | #8,429 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,221 | — | — |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,539 | 7 | #7,952 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,075 | 6 | #8,587 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,662 | — | — |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,085 | 7 | #7,216 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,247 | 7 | #7,062 |
| 1994 | 15 | #6,017 | — | — |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,228 | — | — |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,050 | 8 | #6,185 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,517 | 6 | #7,360 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,882 | — | — |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,869 | 12 | #4,289 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,932 | 6 | #6,511 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,421 | 5 | #7,065 |
| 1986 | — | — | 6 | #6,006 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,427 | 6 | #5,858 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,424 | 5 | #6,340 |
| 1982 | — | — | 10 | #3,988 |
| 1981 | — | — | 7 | #5,005 |
| 1979 | — | — | 5 | #6,143 |
| 1978 | — | — | 5 | #5,884 |
| 1977 | — | — | 11 | #3,407 |
| 1976 | — | — | 8 | #4,044 |
| 1973 | — | — | 5 | #5,173 |
| 1972 | — | — | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1971 | — | — | 8 | #3,694 |
| 1970 | — | — | 13 | #2,633 |
| 1969 | — | — | 6 | #3,986 |
| 1968 | — | — | 5 | #4,190 |
| 1967 | — | — | 9 | #2,792 |
| 1966 | — | — | 9 | #2,801 |
| 1965 | — | — | 6 | #3,570 |
| 1964 | — | — | 9 | #2,879 |
| 1963 | — | — | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1962 | — | — | 10 | #2,680 |
| 1961 | — | — | 17 | #1,999 |
| 1960 | — | — | 13 | #2,327 |
| 1959 | — | — | 11 | #2,545 |
| 1958 | — | — | 11 | #2,521 |
| 1957 | — | — | 10 | #2,657 |
| 1956 | — | — | 9 | #2,812 |
| 1955 | — | — | 17 | #1,907 |
| 1954 | — | — | 9 | #2,761 |
| 1953 | — | — | 7 | #3,165 |
| 1952 | — | — | 17 | #1,863 |
| 1951 | — | — | 12 | #2,261 |
| 1950 | — | — | 14 | #2,036 |
| 1949 | — | — | 13 | #2,133 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,304 | 17 | #1,824 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,367 | 15 | #1,998 |
| 1946 | — | — | 13 | #2,042 |
| 1945 | — | — | 13 | #1,937 |
| 1944 | — | — | 13 | #1,999 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,755 | 23 | #1,464 |
| 1942 | — | — | 21 | #1,539 |
| 1941 | — | — | 22 | #1,451 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,424 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1939 | — | — | 27 | #1,274 |
| 1938 | — | — | 22 | #1,443 |
| 1937 | — | — | 13 | #2,001 |
| 1936 | — | — | 23 | #1,387 |
| 1935 | — | — | 24 | #1,393 |
| 1934 | — | — | 21 | #1,507 |
| 1933 | — | — | 20 | #1,545 |
| 1932 | — | — | 20 | #1,593 |
| 1931 | — | — | 30 | #1,256 |
| 1930 | — | — | 26 | #1,431 |
| 1929 | — | — | 25 | #1,447 |
| 1928 | — | — | 28 | #1,386 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,354 | 27 | #1,438 |
| 1926 | — | — | 38 | #1,162 |
| 1925 | — | — | 36 | #1,186 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,156 | 34 | #1,249 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,682 | 33 | #1,258 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,510 | 38 | #1,158 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,199 | 42 | #1,089 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,126 | 42 | #1,091 |
| 1919 | — | — | 37 | #1,141 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,050 | 35 | #1,175 |
| 1917 | — | — | 19 | #1,700 |
| 1916 | — | — | 42 | #987 |
| 1915 | — | — | 29 | #1,219 |
| 1914 | — | — | 27 | #1,103 |
| 1913 | — | — | 15 | #1,377 |
| 1912 | — | — | 16 | #1,180 |
| 1911 | — | — | 6 | #1,553 |
| 1910 | — | — | 6 | #1,437 |
| 1909 | — | — | 6 | #1,290 |
| 1899 | — | — | 5 | #1,063 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).