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How popular is the name Bertie?
Births per year, rank history and how many Berties are alive today.
Bertie (male), once a common boys' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 264th in 2025 with 173 given the name. The name peaked in 1904, when around 1,200 babies were given the name, the 69th most popular that year. It has declined since 1904; the 2025 figure is roughly 14% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 59,000 babies have been named Bertie in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Bertie is also a common short form of Albert, so many people called Bertie are registered under the longer name.
The Bertie you are most likely to meet is around 75 years old - or else around 6: the name has two living generations. Half of all Berties born in England and Wales are between 50 and 79, and there are at least 22,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 7% chance that at least one of them will be called Bertie.
How many babies are named Bertie each year?
Where does Bertie rank among boys' 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 Bertie most popular?
Bertie peaked in 1904, when around 1,200 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Bertie?
At least 22,000 people named Bertie born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Bertie?
Most living Berties are between 50 and 79; the most common age is about 75. There is a second cluster around 6.
Is Bertie becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1904 peak.