How Many People Are Named Bertie?
people named Bertie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 192,229 people in the US has this name
Based on 14,592 babies named Bertie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
415 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of ALBERT, HERBERT, and other names containing bert (often derived from the Germanic element beraht meaning "bright").
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Bertie, 95.3% were girls and 4.7% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 91.8% of the babies were girls then and 90.7% in the 1960s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bertie alive today is about 75 years old, and 88% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 71 and 87 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bertie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1928, to 415 babies. In 2025, 11 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Bertie has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #154, in 1886. In 2025 it ranked #8,953.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,953 |
| Best rank | #154 (1886) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #401 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bertie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bertie were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 131 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bertie was given 3.6 times as often in North Carolina, 3.4 times in Tennessee and 3.1 times in South Carolina.
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