Bergen
Recorded 1928–2025 · United States
Bergen was most popular in 2001, when 48 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,011 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,835, with 37 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 954 people named Bergen.
Bergen over time
How old is the name Bergen?
Bergen first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1928, which makes it about 97 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 44 of the 98 years since.
How many people are named Bergen?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 954 American births named Bergen between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 937 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Bergen in 2025?
37 American babies were named Bergen in 2025, ranking #6,835 that year.
Is Bergen getting more or less popular?
Bergen is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 21 births a year, against 26 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -19% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Bergen a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Bergen is a unisex name — 57.8% of the 954 Americans given it were girls and 42.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 2015 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 62% girls and 38% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Bergen?
Roughly 937 Americans named Bergen are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 19 years old, and half are between 11 and 25.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org