Bertram

Bertram was the #8,243 boys' name in the US in 2025 (9 babies), and #2,952 in England & Wales.

Bertram as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Bertram as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Bertram as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#8,243 (9)#2,952 (7)
2024#7,765 (10)#2,444 (9)
2023#12,239 (5)#1,907 (12)
2022#8,300 (9)#1,880 (12)
2021#10,799 (6)#1,448 (17)
2020#8,067 (9)#1,635 (14)
2019#6,777 (12)#1,152 (23)
2018#12,156 (5)#1,324 (19)
2017—#1,289 (20)
2016#10,744 (6)#1,903 (12)
2015#6,324 (13)#1,186 (22)
2014#9,642 (7)#1,035 (27)
2013#9,655 (7)#1,920 (11)
2012#7,050 (11)#1,507 (16)
2011—#1,600 (14)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1895 at #337.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 200,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 200,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 38,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Bertram is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 160,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 92,000 to 1 in 300,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.