Berta
Feminine · “bright”
Berta is bright — the Germanic beraht, the same element in Albert and Robert — and it belonged to Charlemagne's mother, known to French tradition as Bertha of the big foot.
How old is the name Berta?
Berta was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Berta alive today was born around 1933, making them about 92 years old. About 3,000 people named Berta are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Berta most popular?
Berta peaked in 1880, reaching #326 nationally. Today it ranks #10107, 9,781 places below that high. See the whole 1880 chart.
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Where it comes from
From beraht to Berta
The story of Berta
Bertrada, Charlemagne's mother, is Berthe au Grand Pied in the French chansons, and Bertha became a standard name across Germanic and Romance Europe. Italian, Spanish, Hungarian and Polish all use Berta. Emigration brought it to America, where it ran alongside the English Bertha and peaked around 1918.
Meaning
bright, famous
From the Germanic beraht, 'bright' or 'shining', which also gives the second half of Albert, Robert and Herbert. Berta is the Italian, Spanish and Central European form of Bertha. The element is ordinary and the meaning undisputed.
How the name formed
- beraht
- Bertha
- Berta
Related forms: Berta · Berta · Bertha · Berta
Pronouncing Berta
BER-tuh
Two syllables, stress on the first. Italian and Spanish say it the same way with a rolled r.
Nicknames for Berta
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 1927130 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #326reached in 1880
- Change vs 2021
- +80.0%9 in 2025, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Berta in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Berta in Italian — same name
- Berta in Spanish — same name
- Bertha in German — related form
- Berta in Hungarian — same name
Bertas among us
people named Berta are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 178,585 born in 2025 was named Berta
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Berta sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Berta beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Berta in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is transparent, undisputed and attractive.
- It is standard across Italian, Spanish, Hungarian and Polish without change.
- Charlemagne's mother carries the parent form.
- Bertha is much the commoner form in English records.
- The Bert clipping reads as masculine.
- It is strongly period-coded to the early twentieth century.
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Frequently asked
- How many Bertas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,000 people named Berta are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Berta in 2025?
- Berta ranks #10107 among US girl names in 2025, with 9 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Berta?
- About 1 in every 178,585 US girls born in 2025 was named Berta — 9 in all.
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- Berta will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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