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The first name Berthe

A girl’s name.

1 syllable Female

Popularity in the United States

Babies named Berthe at birth, 1880–2025

In 1929, 6 girls born in the United States were named Berthe, the 4,116th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1916, when 14 were.

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185
babies named Berthe since 1880
#4,116
rank in 1929
1916
peak year

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.

Famous people named Berthe

18 on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • 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, born 1950
  • 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., 1864–1947
  • Jean Bertheroy
    French writer (1868–1927)
  • Bertha of Holland
    French Queen, 1055–1094
  • Bertrada of Laon
    Frankish queen, 725–783
  • Bertha of Sulzbach
    Byzantine empress of German descent, 1110–1159

Questions

Is Berthe a boy's or a girl's name?
Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 185 US babies named Berthe since 1880 were girls.
When was Berthe most popular?
1916 in the United States, when 14 babies were named Berthe, its highest rank at 2,268th.