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How popular is the name Bertha?
Births per year, rank history and how many Berthas are alive today.
Bertha (female) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2017 (ranked 5765th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 1904, when around 990 babies were given the name, the 65th most popular that year. At least 38,000 babies have been named Bertha in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Bertha you are most likely to meet is around 79 years old. Half of all Berthas born in England and Wales are between 54 and 81, and there are at least 15,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 4.7% chance that at least one of them will be called Bertha.
How many babies are named Bertha each year?
Where does Bertha rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Bertha most popular?
Bertha peaked in 1904, when around 990 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Bertha?
At least 15,000 people named Bertha born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Bertha?
Most living Berthas are between 54 and 81; the most common age is about 79.
Is Bertha becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.