How Many People Are Named Bert?
people named Bert are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 33,756 people in the US has this name
Based on 34,242 babies named Bert in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
715 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of ALBERT and other names containing the element bert, often derived from the Germanic element beraht meaning "bright".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Bert in English. Counting Bert and these spellings together, about 13,132 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Bert, 0.9% were girls and 99.2% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bert alive today is about 63 years old, and 64% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 54 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bert first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 715 babies. In 2025, 6 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Bert never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #47, in 1880, and it was in the top 100 for 15 years, 1880 to 1894. In 2025 it ranked #10,862.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,862 |
| Best rank | #47 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | 15 (1880 to 1894) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #229 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bert alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bert were born in California than in any other state: about 999 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bert was given 4.5 times as often in Hawaii, 3.8 times in Utah and 2.4 times in Idaho.
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