Bert

Primarily a boy's name · 98% boys

Meaning

Bert is a hypocoristic form of a number of various Germanic given names, such as Robert, Albert, Elbert, Herbert, Hilbert, Hubert, Gilbert, Wilbert, Filbert, Fulbert, Norbert, Osbert, Roberto, Roberta, Bertram, Berthold, Bertrand, Umberto, Humbert, Humberto, Alberto, Alberta, Albertine, Albertina, Cuthbert, Delbert, Dagobert, Rimbert, Egbert, Siegbert, Gualbert, Gerbert, Lambert, Engelbert, Bertie, Uberto, and Colbert.

From Wikipedia

Bert first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1918 with 698 babies (rank #186 that year). In 2024 it was given to 9 boys (rank #8,368). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Bert

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Bert yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
5Soul urgeThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
4PersonalityThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

34,234

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

698

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Bert

Bert Sakmannneurophysiologist · b. 1942
Bert van Marwijkassociation football player · b. 1952
Bert Trautmannassociation football player · b. 1923

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	348	#47
1881	312	#50
1882	341	#52
1883	273	#62
1884	280	#67
1885	276	#66
1886	228	#76
1887	237	#72
1888	282	#73
1889	231	#75
1890	180	#97
1891	181	#89
1892	200	#96
1893	184	#96
1894	187	#98
1895	149	#114
1896	173	#109
1897	143	#117
1898	143	#126
1899	127	#125
1900	153	#143
1901	128	#133
1902	130	#143
1903	132	#142
1904	120	#157
1905	134	#154
1906	106	#172
1907	111	#190
1908	120	#179
1909	119	#189
1910	141	#190
1911	177	#178
1912	332	#176
1913	340	#197
1914	448	#191
1915	532	#202
1916	556	#203
1917	533	#210
1918	698	#186
1919	570	#218
1920	593	#218
1921	661	#207
1922	609	#217
1923	573	#231
1924	620	#218
1925	536	#245
1926	519	#247
1927	571	#230
1928	517	#245
1929	566	#225
1930	542	#232
1931	463	#249
1932	462	#251
1933	407	#261
1934	420	#267
1935	470	#246
1936	376	#278
1937	387	#277
1938	358	#289
1939	373	#286
1940	384	#284
1941	353	#308
1942	418	#296
1943	416	#304
1944	385	#309
1945	327	#328
1946	363	#339
1947	400	#340
1948	400	#337
1949	361	#355
1950	339	#368
1951	379	#349
1952	383	#351
1953	358	#363
1954	347	#383
1955	405	#359
1956	376	#387
1957	345	#420
1958	428	#375
1959	388	#403
1960	390	#400
1961	322	#452
1962	360	#420
1963	324	#442
1964	335	#436
1965	260	#481
1966	252	#484
1967	245	#481
1968	217	#512
1969	214	#537
1970	241	#518
1971	209	#559
1972	199	#568
1973	159	#623
1974	140	#695
1975	162	#635
1976	146	#683
1977	151	#689
1978	115	#790
1979	114	#816
1980	118	#808
1981	98	#900
1982	85	#977
1983	84	#965
1984	69	#1,077
1985	61	#1,214
1986	72	#1,103
1987	65	#1,196
1988	56	#1,395
1989	44	#1,735
1990	56	#1,516
1991	54	#1,574
1992	41	#1,955
1993	24	#2,875
1994	33	#2,353
1995	29	#2,560
1996	30	#2,539
1997	16	#4,078
1998	24	#3,203
1999	14	#4,788
2000	21	#3,782
2001	23	#3,625
2002	10	#6,591
2003	17	#4,633
2004	13	#5,847
2005	13	#5,910
2006	18	#4,882
2007	14	#5,945
2008	13	#6,435
2009	7	#9,991
2010	9	#8,223
2011	10	#7,574
2012	11	#7,118
2013	9	#8,190
2014	17	#5,275
2015	12	#6,717
2016	14	#6,082
2017	10	#7,633
2018	11	#7,178
2019	19	#4,984
2020	9	#8,158
2021	7	#9,849
2022	12	#6,876
2023	8	#9,017
2024	9	#8,368