Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Bertram

Gender

Male

Origin

English
A knight
German
Teutonic
Bright, shining raven

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Animal
  • Arthurian Legend
  • Nature

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Bertram

Pronunciation

b(e)-rt-ram, ber-tram

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1923 (rank #394, 228 births); most recent 2025 (rank #8243, 9 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
20259
202410
20235
20229
20216
20209
201912
20185
2017–
20166

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 2014 (rank #1036, 27 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2938, 7 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20257
20249
202312
202212
202117
202014
201923
201819
201720
201612

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 France

  • Boys: peak in 1979 (rank #2138, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1951 (rank #203, 6 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