Berton
Berton is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 600th, in 1883.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192453 births
- Best rank
- #600in 1883
- Since 1880
- 1,874people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,874 boys have been named Berton in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 53 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 53 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1935, and the 1920s alone account for 22%. It has spent 16 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Berton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 65 | |
| 1890s | 26 | |
| 1900s | 18 | |
| 1910s | 227 | |
| 1920s | 418 | |
| 1930s | 344 | |
| 1940s | 247 | |
| 1950s | 194 | |
| 1960s | 147 | |
| 1970s | 100 | |
| 1980s | 52 | |
| 1990s | 26 | |
| 2000s | 10 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Berton was the 964th 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 Berton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Buddpeak 1923
- Willianpeak 1929
- Sumnerpeak 1920
- Herveypeak 1917
- Willampeak 1959
- Almonpeak 1918
- Mertonpeak 1920
- Corneliouspeak 1921
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.