Bertina
Bertina is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 924th, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 197131 births
- Best rank
- #924in 1882
- Since 1882
- 1,234people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,234 girls have been named Bertina in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1971, with 31 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 31 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1958, and the 1970s alone account for 20%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Bertina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 20 | |
| 1900s | 40 | |
| 1910s | 90 | |
| 1920s | 136 | |
| 1930s | 104 | |
| 1940s | 109 | |
| 1950s | 148 | |
| 1960s | 202 | |
| 1970s | 244 | |
| 1980s | 111 | |
| 1990s | 20 | |
| 2000s | 5 |
In 1971, its biggest year
Bertina was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1971 were Jennifer, Michelle, Lisa, Kimberly and Amy. See all of 1971.
Names that rose and fell with Bertina
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Felicitapeak 1964
- Ursulapeak 1967
- Carmelitapeak 1973
- Lorinapeak 1986
- Theressapeak 1961
- Antoinettepeak 1924
- Lavoniapeak 1923
- Annepeak 1959
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.