# Berlin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/berlin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | German |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /bɚˈlɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,431 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,635 / 1,796 (52% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Berlin.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 97 | 2,020 |
| 2012 | 72 | 2,519 |
| 2013 | 75 | 2,411 |
| 2014 | 86 | 2,199 |
| 2015 | 76 | 2,413 |
| 2016 | 75 | 2,448 |
| 2017 | 62 | 2,753 |
| 2018 | 63 | 2,716 |
| 2019 | 47 | 3,343 |
| 2020 | 61 | 2,721 |
| 2021 | 56 | 2,965 |
| 2022 | 56 | 2,962 |
| 2023 | 47 | 3,393 |
| 2024 | 58 | 2,860 |
| 2025 | 39 | 3,788 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 12,513 |
| 2012 | 7 | 9,829 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12,375 |
| 2014 | 5 | 12,318 |
| 2015 | 11 | 7,123 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,430 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,233 |
| 2018 | 11 | 7,180 |
| 2019 | 17 | 5,375 |
| 2020 | 30 | 3,584 |
| 2021 | 26 | 4,029 |
| 2022 | 33 | 3,471 |
| 2023 | 24 | 4,360 |
| 2024 | 25 | 4,212 |
| 2025 | 19 | 5,061 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: berlinès
- Czech: berlínský
- Danish: berlinsk
- Esperanto: berlina
- Finnish: berliiniläinen
- French: berlinois
- Georgian: ბერლინელი
- German: berlinisch
- Italian: berlinese
- Korean: 베를린
- Lithuanian: Berlyno
- Polish: berliński
- Portuguese: berlinês
- Russian: берли́нский
- Slovak: berlínsky
- Spanish: berlinés
- Swedish: berlinsk
- Turkish: Berlinli
- Ukrainian: берлінський

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.