Bertha comes from the Germanic tradition, meaning Bright, famous.
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How popular is Bertha?
1918peak year
Today, Bertha is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #4640), with only about 30 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1918, 5,051 babies were given the name (ranked #51 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1910s. Bertha's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 208,774 babies have been registered as Bertha since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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