girls:
6 births since 1904
#5710 (0th percentile)
boys:
17 births since 1919
#4569 (0th percentile)
overall:
23 births since 1904
#7716 (0th percentile)
The name Berthal is the #7,716 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 23 recorded births since 1904. This represents the 0.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,569 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 17 births since 1919. For girls, it ranks #5,710 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1904.
Berthal first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1904 (1904 for girls and 1919 for boys). Birth data for Berthal is available in 4 out of the 31 years between 1904 and 1934 (3 years for boys and 1 years for girls). 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 Berthal has been given predominantly to boys, with 73.9% of all recorded births being male. In 1934, 100.0% of babies named Berthal were boys. Interestingly, until around 1919, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1904 to 1918), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1919 to 1934).
For boys, Berthal reached its peak popularity in 1925, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #544) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1925, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1934.
For girls, Berthal reached its peak popularity in 1904, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #348) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 1904, with 21 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1904.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Berthal".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Berthal. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 89.5% confident that Berthal is pronounced as BER-thuhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ber-THUHL, at 10.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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