Bertha

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: German

Meaning

Bertha is a female Germanic name, from Old High German berhta meaning "bright one". It was usually a short form of Anglo Saxon names Beorhtgifu meaning "bright gift" or Beorhtwynn meaning "bright joy".

From Wikipedia

Bertha first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 63 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1956 with 181 babies (rank #92 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Bertha

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

2,764
Total babies (all years)
63
Years in the data
181
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1952167#93
1953170#87
1954158#97
1955165#97
1956181#92
1957138#129
1958150#121
1959119#153
1960112#166
1961103#172
1962102#180
196396#186
1964102#171
196578#217
196677#223
196772#222
196868#251
196950#325
197054#313
197158#276
197231#398
197339#330
197424#429
197525#409
197626#384
197719#471
197824#409
197922#437
198014#573
198118#511
198217#522
198320#477
198421#480
198515#602
198615#601
198719#540
198813#661
198912#699
199015#644
199112#727
199214#662
19937#943
19948#860
19958#878
19967#921
19979#823
199811#758
19995#1,070
20009#841
20018#877
20023#1,296
20033#1,278
20045#1,032
20056#947
20063#1,227
20073#1,210
20085#976
20094#1,052
20104#1,016
20116#813
20125#866
20138#677
20152#82