girls:
499 births since 1979
#5217 (9th percentile)
boys:
395 births since 1928
#4191 (9th percentile)
overall:
894 births since 1928
#6845 (12th percentile)
The name Bergen is the #6,845 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 894 recorded births since 1928. This represents the 11.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,217 (8.7% percentile) for all time with 499 births since 1979. For boys, it ranks #4,191 (8.6% percentile) for all time with 395 births since 1928.
Bergen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1928 (1928 for boys and 1979 for girls). Birth data for Bergen is available in 42 out of the 96 years between 1928 and 2023 (41 years for girls and 28 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Bergen has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (55.8% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Bergen were girls. Interestingly, until around 1979, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1928 to 1978), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (56.1% girls from 1979 to 2023).
For girls, Bergen reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #879) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Bergen ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 41.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Bergen reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 2.7% percentile (ranked #803) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Bergen".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Bergen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.1% confident that Bergen is pronounced as BER-guhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BER-juhn, at 11.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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