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How popular is the name Berk?

Births per year, rank history and how many Berks are alive today.

Berk (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2023 (ranked 3524th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 2003, when 7 babies were given the name, the 1962nd most popular that year. Berk is one spelling of a name also recorded as Berke; the combined figures below cover every spelling.

Across all spellings of the name, the Berk you are most likely to meet is around 17 years old - or else around 32: the name has two living generations. Half of all Berks born in England and Wales are between 13 and 27, and there are at least 130 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Berk - on average, only one in every 2,331 such rooms contains a Berk.

How many babies are named Berk each year?

Includes all spellings: Berk, Berke. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

0510200020201999: 62002: 32003: 112004: 42005: 32006: 32008: 72009: 62010: 72011: 52012: 32013: 62017: 32018: 42023: 5actual

Where does the Berk spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201999: ranked 2,9432002: ranked 3,2252003: ranked 1,9622004: ranked 3,0092008: ranked 3,6872009: ranked 4,5272010: ranked 3,8652012: ranked 4,8052013: ranked 4,6852017: ranked 4,8122018: ranked 3,9592023: ranked 3,524

Where does the Berke spelling rank?

1101001,0005,00020001999: ranked 2,9432003: ranked 2,8572005: ranked 3,8492006: ranked 4,0522008: ranked 4,4322009: ranked 4,5272010: ranked 4,6782011: ranked 3,3002013: ranked 4,685

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.

Chart: babies named Berk per year in England and Wales, 1999 to 2023, peaking at about 11 in 2003
Berk: births per year in England and Wales, 1999-2023. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Berk most popular?

Berk peaked in 2003, when 11 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.

How many people are called Berk?

At least 130 people named Berk in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Berk?

Most living Berks are between 13 and 27; the most common age is about 17. There is a second cluster around 32.

Is Berk becoming more or less popular?

It has faded from the rankings.






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