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Girl name#219 of girl names

Bertha

Pronounced B ER1 TH AH0 (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 1918
  • 145 years in use
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How popular is Bertha?

Bertha is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 208,774 children — the 219th most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 295 births across the past decade, against a peak of 5,051 in a single year. That peak was in 1918.

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1918Girls: 5,051Boys: 14

Characteristics

  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
B ER1 TH AH0
Stress pattern:
10
Syllables:
2

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Bertha

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Bertha

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Bertha?
Bertha ranks 219th among girls' names in US records, with 208,774 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 295.
Is Bertha a unisex name?
No. Bertha is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Bertha most popular?
1918, when 5,051 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.