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Berry

#12,286 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Little bear, through Beryl

Berry has been given to 6,107 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #12,286 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1963, with 108 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% boys, 6% girls all-time.

Babies named Berry, 2025

1 in 663,000

Berry over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Berry over time

In 2025, Berry went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18802025

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.

Berry: meaning, origin, and history

Little bear, through Beryl

surname transfer and English

What Berry means

Berry belongs to the name family reached through Berry → Beryl. Its meaning is “little bear”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Variant of Bury and (in dialects with Mary-marry-merry merger) Barry. The given name is also a pet form of names beginning with Ber-.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Berry (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Berry is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer and English.

Berry is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Bury and Beryl.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,737 boys were recorded with the name Berry between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 108 in 1963; its best national rank was #305 in 1880.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,094 in 2020 to #12,286 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,121 in 2015 to #12,286 in 2025.

In the United States, 370 girls were recorded with the name Berry between 1921 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1925; its best national rank was #2,299 in 1934.

How common is Berry?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#12,286
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Berry 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 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Berry. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Berrys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Berry was born before 1950 — so the typical Berry is around 75 today.

Median birth year
1950
About 75 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
14.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
3.5%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
2,880
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1960s — 14.1% of all recorded uses (807).

Is Berry 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
−4,447
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−5,192
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−5,165
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.45×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
4.6%
Peak was 1963 (108)
Years since peak
62
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
37.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#305
1880

Spellings of Berry

Berry is not the most common spelling — Larry is, with 21.4% against Berry's 0.15%.

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 Berry is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Berry was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 11,111 boys, against 1 in 53,138 across all states with data. It was least common in West Virginia (1 in —).

09 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 11,111
  2. 2South Carolina1 in 14,286
  3. 3Alabama1 in 16,667
  4. 4North Carolina1 in 16,667
  5. 5Arkansas1 in 33,333
  6. 6Mississippi1 in 33,333
  7. 7Texas1 in 33,333
  8. 8Kentucky1 in 50,000

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. Berry has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Berry is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Berry was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,456,184 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 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. Berry has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Berry around the world

Where Berry 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.

  • France
    1995–1995
    #3,262
    in 1995
  • South Australia
    1960–1960
    #468
    in 1960

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Berry

People whose public names include Berry, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Berry by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#12,286
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 5,192
Best rank ever
#305
1880
Peak year
1963
108 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,737
Count in 2025
5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,299
1934
Peak year
1925
13 that year
First recorded
1921
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
370
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Berry

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

BernieBertramBerlinBerylGerryBerlBerkleyBertCurryBernabeBerenBernardoBertonMurryBerniceGarryBerelBergenKerryCorryBerishBerthaDerryDarry

Names with a curve like Berry

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Berry, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

BurtArtieLorinAlonzaLafayetteArtisFritzDellNapoleonJodieLorenzaStanford

Sibling names for Berry

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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