Bertie
Diminutive of Bertram, meaning “bright + raven”*
Boy’s name
What Bertie means
Diminutive of Bertram, meaning “bright + raven”
diminutive of Bertram || From Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (“bright”) + *hrabnaz (“raven”).
Source: Wiktionary, “Bertie” (revision 87954270) and “Bertram” (revision 89240031), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.
How popular is Bertie?
▼ 7 vs 2024
▲ 167 vs 2024
England & Wales: Rising: up from #305 in 2015.
Biggest US share so far: 1889, when 16 boys got the name (#464 that year). First in the US records in 1880.
How common
- About 1 in 1,572 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
- About 1 in 3,928 baby boys in Scotland in 2025
“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.
US vs UK
Bertie is #264 in England & Wales. It is not in the US list for 2025.
| Rank 2025 | Babies | How common | Rank 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | – | – | – | – |
| England & Wales | #264 | 173 | 1 in 1,572 | #305 |
| Scotland | #560 | 5 | 1 in 3,928 | #686 |
Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).
Boy or girl?
In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Bertie were girls.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| US 2025 | 11 | 0 |
| England & Wales 2025 | 0 | 173 |
| US all years since 1880 | 13,736 | 856 |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 14 | 2,898 |
Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.
If you like Bertie
Boys
- Chase#192Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2009, with 7,394 babies; 1,904 in 2025
- Andres#200Spanish form of Andrew, meaning “manly”*
- William#9“will + helmet”*
- Colton#103“coal + settlement”*
- Nicolas#177Variant of Nicholas, meaning “victory + people”*
- Ivan#162Same root as John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”*
For a sister
- Dakota#295“ally”*
- Natalie#89Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2006, with 10,951 babies; 2,736 in 2025
- Lydia#92“the region of Lydia”*
- Daisy#75From the word “daisy”*
- Noelle#202Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #202 vs #705 in 2025
- Elizabeth#17“my God is an oath”*
Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Bertie’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.
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