# Berthe (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/berthe/  
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 | 185 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 185 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 12 | 2,022 |
| 1915 | 13 | 2,270 |
| 1916 | 14 | 2,268 |
| 1917 | 10 | 2,908 |
| 1918 | 12 | 2,695 |
| 1919 | 8 | 3,499 |
| 1920 | 7 | 4,003 |
| 1921 | 11 | 2,962 |
| 1922 | 8 | 3,702 |
| 1923 | 7 | 4,020 |
| 1924 | 11 | 2,992 |
| 1925 | 8 | 3,699 |
| 1926 | 6 | 4,366 |
| 1927 | 6 | 4,358 |
| 1929 | 6 | 4,116 |

## People named Berthe

- Berthe Morisot, French painter (1841-1895)
- Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker, French writer (1886-1942)
- Berthe Bovy, Belgian actress (1887-1977)
- Berthe Hoola van Nooten, Dutch botanist, author and scientific illustrator (1817-1892)
- Berthe-Evelyne Agbo, Beninese writer
- Berthe Weill, French art dealer (1865–1951)
- Berthe Art, Belgian painter (1857-1934)
- Berthe Gheude, First Belgian woman to travel from East to West of central Africa.
- Jean Bertheroy, French writer (1868–1927)
- Bertha of Holland, French Queen
- Bertrada of Laon, Frankish queen
- Bertha of Sulzbach, Byzantine empress of German descent

## 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.