# Bertrand (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bertrand/  
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 |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,991 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,991 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 66, 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 7 | 9,237 |
| 2006 | 10 | 7,491 |
| 2007 | 6 | 11,081 |
| 2009 | 7 | 9,992 |
| 2010 | 7 | 9,819 |
| 2011 | 6 | 10,980 |
| 2012 | 10 | 7,616 |
| 2013 | 6 | 10,904 |
| 2014 | 6 | 10,876 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12,312 |
| 2016 | 11 | 7,201 |
| 2017 | 7 | 9,820 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12,411 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7,237 |
| 2021 | 10 | 7,672 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Bertrand

- Bertrand Russell, British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)
- Bertrand Tavernier, French film director (1941–2021)
- Bertrand Traoré, Burkinabé association football player (born 1995)
- Bertrand Blier, French film director (1939–2025)
- Bertrand Delanoë, 13th Mayor of Paris
- Bertrand du Guesclin, Constable of France
- Bertrand Bonello, French film director, screenwriter, composer, producer and actor (born 1968)
- Bertrand Barère, French politician, freemason and journalist
- Bertrand Gille, French handball player
- Bertrand de Orléans e Bragança, claimant to the defunct Brazilian throne
- Bertrand Crasson, Belgian footballer
- Bertrand I, Count of Toulouse, Count of Toulouse and of Tripoli

## 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.