Berlin Boy & girl
How popular is Berlin?
#3,779 girl name in 2025
39 baby girls were named Berlin in the US in 2025, making it the 3779th most popular girl name. Another 19 boys got the name (#5,044 for boys).
Berlin popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,779 for girls (▼ 922 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 39 girls, 19 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-49% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,408 in 2015, #2,712 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2011 (97 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,017 in 2011 |
| First recorded | 1918 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 26% boys, 74% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Berlin counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Berlin family of names ranked #1,954 for girls in 2025 (#1,719 the year before), with 70 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Berlin | 39 | 56% |
| Berlyn | 19 | 27% |
| Berlynn | 12 | 17% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Berlin is most popular
Babies named Berlin per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Utah: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (58 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Berlin by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 10 | #3,023 |
| 1920s | 40 | #3,097 |
| 1940s | 20 | #4,347 |
| 1980s | 48 | #5,830 |
| 1990s | 169 | #4,491 |
| 2000s | 449 | #2,316 |
| 2010s | 743 | #2,017 |
| 2020s | 317 | #2,712 |
Girl names about as popular as Berlin
Questions
- Is Berlin a boy or girl name?
- Berlin is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 26% of babies named Berlin were boys and 74% were girls.
- How popular is the name Berlin?
- 39 baby girls were named Berlin in the US in 2025, making it the 3779th most popular girl name. Another 19 boys got the name (#5,044 for boys).
- When was Berlin most popular?
- Berlin peaked in 2011, when 97 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,017 in 2011.
- How many people are named Berlin?
- 3,431 babies have been named Berlin in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,432 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Berlin most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Berlin was most common in Utah, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.