Berke
Berke is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Berke
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Berke is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Berke
American parents first put Berke on the record books as a baby boy name in 2002, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2010, when 9 Berkes were born — ranking #8,139 that year. About 74% of every Berke on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Berke last appeared in the published SSA data in 2010, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 34 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Berke
Berke is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2002 and has accumulated 34 births in the dataset. Berke's peak popularity came in 2010 when it ranked #8,139. Use the chart and map above to compare Berke's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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