The first name Berta

Berta last appeared in the official list in 2015, given to 4 girls.

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Berta with other names.

In 2025, 9 girls born in the United States were named Berta, the 10,226th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1926, when 132 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• 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, born 1974
• Berta Singerman
  Argentinian actor (1901-1998)
• Bertrada of Laon
  Frankish queen, 725–783
• Damaris Egurrola
  Dutch association football player, born 1999
• Bertha of Lotharingia
  10th-century Margravine of Tuscany, 863–925
• Bertha Müller
  Austrian painter (1848–1937)

How popular is the name Berta?

In 2015, 4 girls born in England and Wales were named Berta, ranking 4,736th.

Is Berta a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 7,286 US babies named Berta since 1880 were girls.

When was Berta most popular?

1926 in the United States, when 132 babies were named Berta, its highest rank at 621st.

What name is Berta a form of?

Berta is a form of Bertha.

Is Berta also a surname?

Yes. Berta is used as a surname as well as a first name; its surname page has the origin and how many people carry it.