Berg

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Berg has been given to 6 babies in the U.S. since 1999. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1999, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Berg, 1999

1 in 615,000

Berg over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Berg: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Berg means

Berg is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Berg is used in Icelandic.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6 boys were recorded with the name Berg between 1999 and 1999. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1999; its best national rank was #8,817 in 1999.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Berg?

Berg had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1999, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1999: 1 in 615,000; 6 of 3,692,373 births
Among boys only: 1 in 320,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1999: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 426,561 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Berg sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1999 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 426,561 children born in 1999 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Berg. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bergs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Berg was born before 1999 — so the typical Berg is around 26 today.

Median birth year: 1999; About 26 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 6; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (6).

Is Berg rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1999 (6)
Years since peak: 26; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #8,817; 1999

Spellings of Berg

Berg is not the most common spelling — Ben is, with 31.7% against Berg's <0.01%.

Ben31.7%85,349
Beau24.3%65,592
Bert12.5%33,585
Bart6.1%16,356
Vern4.3%11,497
Burl2.7%7,181
Burt2.4%6,555
Berry2.1%5,737

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Berg by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #8,817; 1999
Peak year: 1999; 6 that year
First recorded: 1999
Last recorded: 1999
All-time count: 6
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Berg

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Beri Berj Bera Berto Beril Berek Berrin Berlens Ber Bernet Bernt Berge Berten Beric Bersain Berwick Berke Berat Bern Edberg Berwin Berthol Berne Berel

Sibling names for Berg

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Tatianna Caleigh Chyna Kaylah Calista Destini Carson Kayley

For a brother

Jaren Marshal Maximillian Reyes Stone Devyn Garrison Tyrese

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