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Berlin

#3,787 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Berlin city name

Berlin has been given to 3,431 babies in the U.S. since 1918. In 2025 it ranked #3,787 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 97 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 52% girls, 48% boys all-time.

Babies named Berlin, 2025

1 in 85,000

Berlin over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Berlin over time

In 2025, Berlin went to 67% girls and 33% boys.

18992025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Berlin: meaning, origin, and history

Berlin city name

German

What Berlin means

Berlin is documented as a given name taken from the city name. That is its immediate naming reference.

Origin, language, and formation

Berlin is used in English. Its origins include German.

Berlin comes through German Berlin.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Berlin is pronounced /bəˈlɪn/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,796 girls were recorded with the name Berlin between 1918 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 97 in 2011; its best national rank was #2,020 in 2011.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,721 in 2020 to #3,787 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,413 in 2015 to #3,787 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,635 boys were recorded with the name Berlin between 1899 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 42 in 1916; its best national rank was #987 in 1916.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,581 in 2020 to #5,060 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,118 in 2015 to #5,060 in 2025.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Berlin?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 85,000
39 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 41,200
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#3,787
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
58,922 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Berlin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 58,922 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Berlin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Berlins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Berlin was born before 2011 — so the typical Berlin is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
41.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
83.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,726
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 41.4% of all recorded uses (743).

Is Berlin 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
−927
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,066
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,374
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.51×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
40.2%
Peak was 2011 (97)
Years since peak
14
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,020
2011

Spellings of Berlin

Berlin is not the most common spelling — Erin is, with 82.2% against Berlin's 0.47%.

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.

Where Berlin is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Berlin was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 25,000 girls, against 1 in 88,018 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

04 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 25,000
  2. 2Utah1 in 25,000
  3. 3Arizona1 in 100,000
  4. 4Texas1 in 100,000
  5. 5Colorado1 in —
  6. 6Florida1 in —
  7. 7Illinois1 in —
  8. 8New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Berlin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Berlin is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Berlin was most concentrated in West Virginia — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 245,431 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1West Virginia1 in 50,000
  2. 2Arkansas1 in 100,000
  3. 3Kentucky1 in 100,000
  4. 4Virginia1 in 100,000
  5. 5Alabama1 in —
  6. 6Florida1 in —
  7. 7Louisiana1 in —
  8. 8North Carolina1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Berlin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Berlin around the world

Where Berlin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Canada
    2003–2021
    #3,354
    in 2021
  • South Australia
    2008–2008
    #796
    in 2008

Popularity data from Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Berlin by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,787
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,066
Best rank ever
#2,020
2011
Peak year
2011
97 that year
First recorded
1918
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,796
Count in 2025
39

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,060
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,479
Best rank ever
#987
1916
Peak year
1916
42 that year
First recorded
1899
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,635
Count in 2025
19

Names similar to Berlin

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

BerlynBerkleeBergenCarlinMarlinDaylinBernieJoslinRaylinAislinCaylinJazlinAshlinKailinBerkeleyTaylinKeylinKaelinBeritBerdieMaylinBerkleyYailinSkylin

Sibling names for Berlin

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

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