Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Bert

Gender

Male

Origin

English
Glorious: Illustrious.

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Bert

Pronunciation

b(e)-rt

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1918 (rank #186, 698 births); most recent 2025 (rank #10695, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1915 (rank #1571, 22 births); most recent 1960 (rank #6386, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20256–
20249–
20238–
202212–
20217–
20209–
201919–
201811–
201710–
201614–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2015 (rank #2020, 11 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4970, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20253
20243
20235
20229
20213
20207
20197
20186
20174
20169

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1929 (rank #93, 7 births); most recent 1968 (rank #307, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence