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Bertram: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 9 in 2025. Its best rank was #337 in 1895.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #337 in 1895; #8,353 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Bertram in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#8,353 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1895, at #337.
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Bertram: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 9 boys in 2025. Peak: #337 in 1895 · most boys in one year: 228 (1923).
In 2025, 9 US boys were named Bertram, making it the 8,353rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 507 places from #7,846 in 2024. That is 1 fewer than the 10 boys named Bertram in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #337, reached in 1895. The most boys given the name in a single year was 228, in 1923. For comparison, it was #6,377 in 2015 and #797 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Bertram in 142 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 18 babies. In all, 7,955 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,942 babies named Bertram.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 71 US boys were named Bertram; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 12. In 2025 that was about 1 in 189,786 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Bert (34,242 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Bertrum are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Bert.
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.
Rare spellings summarised here: Bertrum (246).
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.
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 9 | #8,353 |
| 2024 | — | — | 10 | #7,846 |
| 2023 | — | — | 5 | #12,488 |
| 2022 | — | — | 9 | #8,407 |
| 2021 | — | — | 6 | #10,969 |
| 2020 | — | — | 9 | #8,164 |
| 2019 | — | — | 12 | #6,828 |
| 2018 | — | — | 5 | #12,410 |
| 2016 | — | — | 6 | #10,919 |
| 2015 | — | — | 13 | #6,377 |
| 2014 | — | — | 7 | #9,764 |
| 2013 | — | — | 7 | #9,766 |
| 2012 | — | — | 11 | #7,120 |
| 2010 | — | — | 9 | #8,224 |
| 2008 | — | — | 7 | #9,981 |
| 2007 | — | — | 10 | #7,658 |
| 2006 | — | — | 10 | #7,490 |
| 2005 | — | — | 11 | #6,700 |
| 2004 | — | — | 7 | #9,047 |
| 2003 | — | — | 9 | #7,304 |
| 2002 | — | — | 7 | #8,555 |
| 2000 | — | — | 7 | #8,296 |
| 1999 | — | — | 9 | #6,592 |
| 1998 | — | — | 13 | #4,905 |
| 1997 | — | — | 19 | #3,611 |
| 1996 | — | — | 15 | #4,200 |
| 1995 | — | — | 14 | #4,305 |
| 1994 | — | — | 20 | #3,338 |
| 1993 | — | — | 14 | #4,250 |
| 1992 | — | — | 22 | #3,012 |
| 1991 | — | — | 31 | #2,299 |
| 1990 | — | — | 15 | #3,797 |
| 1989 | — | — | 19 | #3,104 |
| 1988 | — | — | 17 | #3,087 |
| 1987 | — | — | 18 | #2,848 |
| 1986 | — | — | 20 | #2,608 |
| 1985 | — | — | 17 | #2,845 |
| 1984 | — | — | 28 | #1,937 |
| 1983 | — | — | 32 | #1,751 |
| 1982 | — | — | 37 | #1,623 |
| 1981 | — | — | 28 | #1,952 |
| 1980 | — | — | 18 | #2,626 |
| 1979 | — | — | 25 | #2,053 |
| 1978 | — | — | 38 | #1,508 |
| 1977 | — | — | 26 | #1,911 |
| 1976 | — | — | 25 | #1,937 |
| 1975 | — | — | 37 | #1,455 |
| 1974 | — | — | 43 | #1,291 |
| 1973 | — | — | 42 | #1,270 |
| 1972 | — | — | 46 | #1,213 |
| 1971 | — | — | 53 | #1,127 |
| 1970 | — | — | 67 | #990 |
| 1969 | — | — | 64 | #960 |
| 1968 | — | — | 57 | #972 |
| 1967 | — | — | 61 | #925 |
| 1966 | — | — | 71 | #860 |
| 1965 | — | — | 62 | #934 |
| 1964 | — | — | 69 | #914 |
| 1963 | — | — | 59 | #987 |
| 1962 | — | — | 63 | #954 |
| 1961 | — | — | 61 | #991 |
| 1960 | — | — | 58 | #1,009 |
| 1959 | — | — | 63 | #969 |
| 1958 | — | — | 68 | #916 |
| 1957 | — | — | 62 | #966 |
| 1956 | — | — | 68 | #906 |
| 1955 | — | — | 83 | #802 |
| 1954 | — | — | 80 | #807 |
| 1953 | — | — | 84 | #774 |
| 1952 | — | — | 69 | #840 |
| 1951 | — | — | 86 | #750 |
| 1950 | — | — | 73 | #797 |
| 1949 | — | — | 77 | #782 |
| 1948 | — | — | 83 | #738 |
| 1947 | — | — | 73 | #806 |
| 1946 | — | — | 65 | #812 |
| 1945 | — | — | 66 | #753 |
| 1944 | — | — | 65 | #775 |
| 1943 | — | — | 63 | #828 |
| 1942 | — | — | 86 | #693 |
| 1941 | — | — | 83 | #672 |
| 1940 | — | — | 83 | #667 |
| 1939 | — | — | 86 | #638 |
| 1938 | — | — | 81 | #668 |
| 1937 | — | — | 76 | #688 |
| 1936 | — | — | 79 | #661 |
| 1935 | — | — | 96 | #590 |
| 1934 | — | — | 95 | #607 |
| 1933 | — | — | 127 | #498 |
| 1932 | — | — | 124 | #521 |
| 1931 | — | — | 141 | #478 |
| 1930 | — | — | 158 | #470 |
| 1929 | — | — | 141 | #494 |
| 1928 | — | — | 187 | #437 |
| 1927 | — | — | 177 | #460 |
| 1926 | — | — | 174 | #456 |
| 1925 | — | — | 194 | #427 |
| 1924 | — | — | 223 | #413 |
| 1923 | — | — | 228 | #394 |
| 1922 | — | — | 223 | #404 |
| 1921 | — | — | 195 | #438 |
| 1920 | — | — | 200 | #422 |
| 1919 | — | — | 184 | #433 |
| 1918 | — | — | 197 | #417 |
| 1917 | — | — | 203 | #398 |
| 1916 | — | — | 155 | #447 |
| 1915 | — | — | 159 | #429 |
| 1914 | — | — | 131 | #417 |
| 1913 | — | — | 95 | #436 |
| 1912 | — | — | 90 | #408 |
| 1911 | — | — | 52 | #395 |
| 1910 | — | — | 33 | #481 |
| 1909 | — | — | 27 | #496 |
| 1908 | — | — | 27 | #475 |
| 1907 | — | — | 25 | #465 |
| 1906 | — | — | 28 | #413 |
| 1905 | — | — | 27 | #412 |
| 1904 | — | — | 21 | #467 |
| 1903 | — | — | 18 | #507 |
| 1902 | — | — | 17 | #523 |
| 1901 | — | — | 13 | #566 |
| 1900 | — | — | 20 | #534 |
| 1899 | — | — | 15 | #505 |
| 1898 | — | — | 14 | #577 |
| 1897 | — | — | 13 | #586 |
| 1896 | — | — | 14 | #554 |
| 1895 | — | — | 30 | #337 |
| 1894 | — | — | 17 | #482 |
| 1893 | — | — | 13 | #542 |
| 1892 | — | — | 18 | #461 |
| 1891 | — | — | 13 | #498 |
| 1890 | — | — | 18 | #425 |
| 1889 | — | — | 18 | #435 |
| 1888 | — | — | 14 | #531 |
| 1887 | — | — | 17 | #410 |
| 1886 | — | — | 8 | #705 |
| 1885 | — | — | 19 | #413 |
| 1884 | — | — | 16 | #471 |
| 1883 | — | — | 18 | #414 |
| 1882 | — | — | 21 | #390 |
| 1881 | — | — | 15 | #444 |
| 1880 | — | — | 18 | #405 |
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).