Berlin
Recorded 1899–2025 · United States
Berlin was most popular in 2011, when 102 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,434 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,081, with 58 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,431 people named Berlin.
Berlin over time
How old is the name Berlin?
Berlin first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1899, which makes it about 126 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 114 of the 127 years since.
How many people are named Berlin?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,431 American births named Berlin between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,419 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Berlin in 2025?
58 American babies were named Berlin in 2025, ranking #5,081 that year.
Is Berlin getting more or less popular?
Berlin is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 77 births a year, against 88 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -13% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Berlin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Berlin is a unisex name — 52.3% of the 3,431 Americans given it were girls and 47.7% were boys. It changed hands: since 1989 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 74% girls and 26% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Berlin?
Roughly 2,419 Americans named Berlin are alive today — 71% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 16 years old, and half are between 8 and 29.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Berlin is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org