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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202013peak #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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
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
1888
1887#66112
1886#1,1085
1885#8427
1884#1,0245
1883#6928
1882
1881
1880
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 2013

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: #1,144 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,244 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: #507 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,108 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: #1,046 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 6,839 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: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedNMKansas: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedNCSouth 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: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Berenice, so not publishedHITexas: #2,132 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 17,886 girlsTXFlorida: #1,742 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 13,527 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nevada#507 · 1 in 2,108
  2. California#1,046 · 1 in 6,839
  3. Illinois#1,144 · 1 in 7,244
  4. Florida#1,742 · 1 in 13,527
  5. Texas#2,132 · 1 in 17,886

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#50751 in 2,108
California#1,046301 in 6,839
Illinois#1,14481 in 7,244
Florida#1,74261 in 13,527
Texas#2,13291 in 17,886
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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 2013

girls
#1,939
102 births · 1 in 17,203 girls

Top girls' names in 2013

  1. #1Sophia21,255
  2. #2Emma20,973
  3. #3Olivia18,454
  4. #4Isabella17,689
  5. #5Ava15,271
  6. #6Mia13,166
  7. #7Emily13,144
  8. #8Abigail12,429
  9. #9Madison10,605
  10. #10Elizabeth9,476
  11. #1,939Berenice102
More about 2013

girls

1,754,746 girls got a published name in 2013; 1 in 17,203 of them was named Berenice, which outranked 89.9% of the 19,279 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Berenice
  1. #1,929Reilly103
  2. #1,929Ryder103
  3. #1,929Zoee103
  4. #1,939Berenice102
  5. #1,939Alize102
  6. #1,939Ameera102
  7. #1,939Charis102
  8. #1,953Alea101
  9. #1,953Alexandrea101
  10. #1,953Althea101

Tied with 13 names at #1,939; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2012
Risers
  1. 3,124Daleyza#3,711#587
  2. 736Marjorie#1,646#910
  3. 683Lennon#1,612#929
  4. 561Jurnee#1,457#896
  5. 539Everleigh#1,405#866
Fallers
  1. 827Litzy#598#1,425
  2. 409Geraldine#994#1,403
  3. 384Taraji#858#1,242
  4. 374Marisa#977#1,351
  5. 372Adley#733#1,105

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

See the top 100 for 2013