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

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Peak · girls
1898 · 37 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,513
since 1883

Berenice over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Berenice has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #510, 1898girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#4,75828—
2024#3,75840—
2023#3,58543—
2022#3,70341—
2021#3,33947—
2020#2,65963—
2019#2,28579—
2018#2,45772—
2017#2,10891—
2016#2,16889—
2015#2,92759—
2014#2,46973—
2013#1,939102—
2012#1,651129—
2011#1,840109—
2010#1,521147—
2009#1,112228—
2008#1,295192—
2007#1,224204—
2006#1,015252—
2005#1,030235—
2004#1,019231—
2003#857282—
2002#843274—
2001#770308—
2000#818276—
1999#824263—
1998#762282—
1997#865236—
1996#752281—
1995#656326#8,8685
1994#766268—
1993#711300#7,6386
1992#827242—
1991#942202—
1990#1,137152—
1989#1,042164—
1988#1,300111—
1987#1,55381—
1986#1,52680—
1985#1,65071—
1984#1,72663—
1983#1,88755—
1982#1,73564—
1981#2,02851—
1980#2,12848—
1979#2,93129—
1978#3,00926—
1977#2,34138—
1976#3,28721—
1975#3,40420—
1974#3,21221—
1973#5,5809—
1972#5,4809—
1971——
1970#5,4139—
1969#6,6176—
1968#6,2466—
1967#4,30010—
1966#6,5645—
1965#4,8318—
1964#5,4747—
1963——
1962#4,8658—
1961#5,8516—
1960#6,3905—
1959#5,0317—
1958——
1957#6,0865—
1956#3,91010—
1955#4,0699—
1954#3,32512—
1953#4,5957—
1952#4,1238—
1951#4,0118—
1950#3,05212—
1949#4,6736—
1948#3,8838—
1947#3,44810—
1946#3,4309—
1945#3,1329—
1944#2,51113—
1943#3,2499—
1942#2,98610—
1941#1,88219—
1940#1,96517—
1939#1,73120—
1938#2,57911—
1937#1,84518—
1936#2,15314—
1935#1,60622—
1934#1,91317—
1933#1,44226—
1932#1,87718—
1931#1,94117—
1930#1,49927—
1929#1,48727—
1928#1,33833—
1927#1,03555—
1926#1,06949—
1925#99656—
1924#90370—
1923#86472—
1922#1,05951—
1921#89268—
1920#77189—
1919#77183—
1918#75589—
1917#70895—
1916#69597—
1915#648104—
1914#78854—
1913#72152—
1912#63960—
1911#63446—
1910#75332—
1909#73130—
1908#64935—
1907#71028—
1906#71626—
1905#79721—
1904#70025—
1903#53936—
1902#61229—
1901#57729—
1900#65629—
1899#61625—
1898#51037—
1897#64423—
1896#56529—
1895#63823—
1894#60923—
1893#59423—
1892#63820—
1891#60819—
1890#9409—
1889#56720—
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1887#66112—
1886#1,1085—
1885#8427—
1884#1,0245—
1883#6928—
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First appearance
1883

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.

Where Berenice is popular in 2000

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedNHWashington: #770 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,894 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedMNIllinois: #467 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 2,740 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedORNevada: #373 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,584 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #375 for girls · 112 births · 1 in 1,998 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedDEArizona: #532 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,662 girlsAZNew Mexico: #344 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,359 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #717 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,010 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedALGeorgia: #997 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,866 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedHITexas: #568 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 3,404 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#344 · 1 in 1,359
  2. Nevada#373 · 1 in 1,584
  3. California#375 · 1 in 1,998
  4. Illinois#467 · 1 in 2,740
  5. Arizona#532 · 1 in 2,662

Best ever in a state: #247 in Connecticut, 1916.

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New Mexico#34461 in 1,359
Nevada#37361 in 1,584
California#3751121 in 1,998
Illinois#467261 in 2,740
Arizona#532121 in 2,662
Texas#568451 in 3,404
North Carolina#71791 in 5,010
Washington#77061 in 4,894
Georgia#99771 in 6,866
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Berenice
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1898 at #510 (37 births)
  • Births halved by 1931, 33 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 52 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1889–1921
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,394
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 26.8% of all girls named Berenice (2,552) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s57#567 (1889)#816
1890s231#510 (1898)#636
1900s288#539 (1903)#669
1910s712#634 (1911)#711
1920s570#771 (1920)#1,041
1930s190#1,442 (1933)#1,859
1940s110#1,882 (1941)#3,116
1950s78#3,052 (1950)#4,245
1960s61#4,300 (1967)#5,682
1970s182#2,341 (1977)#3,851
1980s788#1,042 (1989)#1,658
1990s2,552#656 (1995)#824
2000s2,482#770 (2001)#998
2010s950#1,521 (2010)#2,137
2020s262#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 2000

girls
#818
276 births · 1 in 6,580 girls

Top girls' names in 2000

  1. #1Emily25,959
  2. #2Hannah23,087
  3. #3Madison19,968
  4. #4Ashley18,000
  5. #5Sarah17,715
  6. #6Alexis17,631
  7. #7Samantha17,265
  8. #8Jessica15,711
  9. #9Elizabeth15,117
  10. #10Taylor15,080
  11. #818Berenice276
More about 2000

girls

1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 6,580 of them was named Berenice, which outranked 95.4% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Berenice
  1. #815Chanel278
  2. #815Elyse278
  3. #817Cali277
  4. #818Berenice276
  5. #818Iliana276
  6. #818Jolie276
  7. #821Annalise274
  8. #821Caitlynn274
  9. #821Christiana274

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,528Laisha#3,509 → #981
  2. ↑ 2,131Litzy#2,527 → #396
  3. ↑ 2,096Cielo#2,991 → #895
  4. ↑ 1,864Yamilet#2,703 → #839
  5. ↑ 1,775Nyah#2,567 → #792
Fallers
  1. ↓ 560Tatyanna#951 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 529Jailene#506 → #1,035
  3. ↓ 431Shanice#727 → #1,158
  4. ↓ 384Chantal#921 → #1,305
  5. ↓ 348Infant#658 → #1,006

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2000 →