Bertram
Bertram is both a Germanic given name and a surname, from berht ("bright") and hramn ("raven"). Notable people with the name include:
- English
- German
- Germanic
Meaning & Origin of Bertram
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Bertram is both a Germanic given name and a surname, from berht ("bright") and hramn ("raven"). Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
- German
- Germanic
The Story of Bertram
American parents first put Bertram on the record books as a baby boy name in 1880, with 18 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1923, when 228 Bertrams were born — ranking #394 that year. About 24% of every Bertram on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Bertram last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 8K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Bertram
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Bertram. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Berahthram
- Bertrand
Names that sound like Bertram
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About the name Bertram
Bertram is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 8K births in the dataset. Bertram's peak popularity came in 1923 when it ranked #394. Use the chart and map above to compare Bertram'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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