Berenice
#4,758 for girls in 2025, 28 births · Last seen for boys in 1995 at #8,868
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1898 · 37 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,513since 1883
Berenice over time
Rank among girls' names. Berenice has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,758 | 28 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,758 | 40 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,585 | 43 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,703 | 41 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,339 | 47 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,659 | 63 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,285 | 79 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,457 | 72 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,108 | 91 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,168 | 89 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,927 | 59 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,469 | 73 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,939 | 102 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,651 | 129 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,840 | 109 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,521 | 147 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,112 | 228 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,295 | 192 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,224 | 204 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,015 | 252 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,030 | 235 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,019 | 231 | — | |
| 2003 | #857 | 282 | — | |
| 2002 | #843 | 274 | — | |
| 2001 | #770 | 308 | — | |
| 2000 | #818 | 276 | — | |
| 1999 | #824 | 263 | — | |
| 1998 | #762 | 282 | — | |
| 1997 | #865 | 236 | — | |
| 1996 | #752 | 281 | — | |
| 1995 | #656 | 326 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #766 | 268 | — | |
| 1993 | #711 | 300 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #827 | 242 | — | |
| 1991 | #942 | 202 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,137 | 152 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,042 | 164 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,300 | 111 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,553 | 81 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,526 | 80 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,650 | 71 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,726 | 63 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,887 | 55 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,735 | 64 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,028 | 51 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,128 | 48 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,931 | 29 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,009 | 26 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,341 | 38 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,404 | 20 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,212 | 21 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | — | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | — | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | — | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | — | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | — | |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | — | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | — | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,882 | 19 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,965 | 17 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,845 | 18 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,153 | 14 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,606 | 22 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,913 | 17 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,442 | 26 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,877 | 18 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,941 | 17 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,499 | 27 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,487 | 27 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,338 | 33 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,035 | 55 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,069 | 49 | — | |
| 1925 | #996 | 56 | — | |
| 1924 | #903 | 70 | — | |
| 1923 | #864 | 72 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,059 | 51 | — | |
| 1921 | #892 | 68 | — | |
| 1920 | #771 | 89 | — | |
| 1919 | #771 | 83 | — | |
| 1918 | #755 | 89 | — | |
| 1917 | #708 | 95 | — | |
| 1916 | #695 | 97 | — | |
| 1915 | #648 | 104 | — | |
| 1914 | #788 | 54 | — | |
| 1913 | #721 | 52 | — | |
| 1912 | #639 | 60 | — | |
| 1911 | #634 | 46 | — | |
| 1910 | #753 | 32 | — | |
| 1909 | #731 | 30 | — | |
| 1908 | #649 | 35 | — | |
| 1907 | #710 | 28 | — | |
| 1906 | #716 | 26 | — | |
| 1905 | #797 | 21 | — | |
| 1904 | #700 | 25 | — | |
| 1903 | #539 | 36 | — | |
| 1902 | #612 | 29 | — | |
| 1901 | #577 | 29 | — | |
| 1900 | #656 | 29 | — | |
| 1899 | #616 | 25 | — | |
| 1898 | #510 | 37 | — | |
| 1897 | #644 | 23 | — | |
| 1896 | #565 | 29 | — | |
| 1895 | #638 | 23 | — | |
| 1894 | #609 | 23 | — | |
| 1893 | #594 | 23 | — | |
| 1892 | #638 | 20 | — | |
| 1891 | #608 | 19 | — | |
| 1890 | #940 | 9 | — | |
| 1889 | #567 | 20 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | #661 | 12 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | — | |
| 1885 | #842 | 7 | — | |
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 | — | |
| 1883 | #692 | 8 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Berenice! It came in at #692, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1888, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Berenice
- 1,000 spots since 2024 (#3,758 → #4,758)
- 2,099 spots since 2020 (#2,659 → #4,758)
- 1,831 spots since 2015 (#2,927 → #4,758)
- Biggest jump: 447 spots in 1887 (#1,108 → #661)
- Biggest drop: 373 spots in 1890 (#567 → #940)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1898 at #510 (37 births)
- Births halved by 1931, 33 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1889–1921
- Highest: 1 in 5,394 girls born in 1995 were named Berenice (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 57,402 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #510 in 1898, was only 1 in 6,994 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.8% of all girls named Berenice (2,552) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 57 | #567 (1889) | #816 |
| 1890s | 231 | #510 (1898) | #636 |
| 1900s | 288 | #539 (1903) | #669 |
| 1910s | 712 | #634 (1911) | #711 |
| 1920s | 570 | #771 (1920) | #1,041 |
| 1930s | 190 | #1,442 (1933) | #1,859 |
| 1940s | 110 | #1,882 (1941) | #3,116 |
| 1950s | 78 | #3,052 (1950) | #4,245 |
| 1960s | 61 | #4,300 (1967) | #5,682 |
| 1970s | 182 | #2,341 (1977) | #3,851 |
| 1980s | 788 | #1,042 (1989) | #1,658 |
| 1990s | 2,552 | #656 (1995) | #824 |
| 2000s | 2,482 | #770 (2001) | #998 |
| 2010s | 950 | #1,521 (2010) | #2,137 |
| 2020s | 262 | #2,659 (2020) | #3,634 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Berenice in 1993
Top girls' names in 1993
Top boys' names in 1993
More about 1993
girls
1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 6,030 of them was named Berenice, which outranked 95.5% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 326,888 of them was named Berenice, which outranked 24.9% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,816Zeno7
- #6,816Zeus7
- #6,816Zubair7
- #7,638Berenice6
- #7,638Abayomi6
- #7,638Abbott6
- #7,638Abdurrahman6
- #8,700Abdon5
- #8,700Abdoulaye5
- #8,700Abdullahi5
Tied with 1,061 names at #7,638; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.