Boys' name · peaked in 1880
Bert name popularity since 1925
20,710 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Bert (1.1% girls, 98.9% boys). Half of them were born in 1948 or earlier, so the typical Bert is about 78 years old in 2026. Bert peaked in 1880 as the #47 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 20,710
- Named Bert, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1880
- #47 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #10,866 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 98.9% boys
- 236 girls · 20,474 boys
- Most popular in
- Hawaii
- 6.31× its national share
Peak year is the year Bert made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Bert births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1927. Measured as a share of all babies, Bert peaked earlier, in 1880.
- Steepest fall: Between 1975 and 1980, Bert's share of baby boys fell by 36%, from 1 in 9,640 to 1 in 15,100.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Bert's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Bert.
Decade by decade
Babies named Bert in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 60 | 2,709 | – |
| 1930s | 75 | 4,258 | #246 |
| 1940s | 48 | 3,807 | #328 |
| 1950s | 48 | 3,748 | #359 |
| 1960s | 5 | 2,920 | #481 |
| 1970s | 0 | 1,636 | #635 |
| 1980s | 0 | 752 | #1,214 |
| 1990s | 0 | 322 | #2,515 |
| 2000s | 0 | 149 | #5,910 |
| 2010s | 0 | 122 | #6,720 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 51 | #10,866 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
37.4% of babies named Bert from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Bert is most popular
The index compares Bert's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Bert.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 6.31× | 334 |
| Oklahoma | 2.56× | 564 |
| Kentucky | 2.23× | 633 |
| Utah | 2.21× | 319 |
| Louisiana | 1.64× | 499 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Bert and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Bert (this page) | 20,474 | 1880 |
| Bret | 29,819 | 1959 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Bert's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Bert.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Bert (1880).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data