# Berta (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/berta/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,286 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 7,286 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 7, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | 12,455 |
| 2011 | 7 | 13,586 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9,196 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,378 |
| 2014 | 6 | 14,872 |
| 2015 | 5 | 16,866 |
| 2016 | 5 | 16,651 |
| 2017 | 5 | 16,277 |
| 2018 | 8 | 11,580 |
| 2019 | 9 | 10,607 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11,259 |
| 2021 | 5 | 15,639 |
| 2023 | 6 | 13,720 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,407 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,226 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |

## People named Berta

- Berta Karlik, Austrian physicist (1904–1990)
- Berta Drews, actress (1901-1987)
- Amy Roberta Ruck, British author (1878-1978)
- Berta Hall, actress (1909-1999)
- Armanda Berta dos Santos, East Timorese politician
- Berta Singerman, Argentinian actor (1901-1998)
- Bertrada of Laon, Frankish queen
- Damaris Egurrola, Dutch association football player
- Bertha of Lotharingia, 10th-century Margravine of Tuscany
- Bertha Müller, Austrian painter (1848–1937)

## 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.