Bertrand
Bertrand is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 520th, in 1896.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192495 births
- Best rank
- #520in 1896
- Since 1880
- 3,991people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,991 boys have been named Bertrand in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 95 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 95 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1937, and the 1920s alone account for 21%. It has spent 58 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Bertrand | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 53 | |
| 1890s | 66 | |
| 1900s | 88 | |
| 1910s | 480 | |
| 1920s | 830 | |
| 1930s | 603 | |
| 1940s | 486 | |
| 1950s | 403 | |
| 1960s | 335 | |
| 1970s | 249 | |
| 1980s | 154 | |
| 1990s | 105 | |
| 2000s | 55 | |
| 2010s | 74 | |
| 2020s | 10 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Bertrand was the 664th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1924 were Robert, John, William, James and Charles. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Bertrand
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Francispeak 1918
- Lenardpeak 1925
- Howardpeak 1921
- Ervinpeak 1921
- Rudolphpeak 1927
- Burtonpeak 1925
- Ralphpeak 1921
- Rollinpeak 1925
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.