Bertie
Bertie is a given name.. The name may refer to:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Bertie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Bertie is a given name.. The name may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Bertie
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Bertie as a girl name dates back to 1880, when 77 babies received it. 1928 was its biggest year on record, with 396 newborns named Bertie — #336 in the national rankings. About 21% of every Bertie on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Bertie ranks #7,046 for girls with 15 births, rising sharply (+18% over the past five years). All told, over 14K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Bertie as a boy name dates back to 1880, when 8 babies received it. 1918 was its biggest year on record, with 28 newborns named Bertie — #1,343 in the national rankings. About 22% of every Bertie on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Bertie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1979, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 856 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Bertie
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Bertie. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Bertie
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About the name Bertie
Bertie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 14K births in the dataset. Bertie's peak popularity came in 1928 when it ranked #154. Use the chart and map above to compare Bertie'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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