Berna
Last seen for girls in 1991 at #13,147
- Peak · girls
- 1929 · 48 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,466since 1895
Berna over time
Rank among girls' names. Berna has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
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| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
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| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 |
| 1960 | #2,989 | 17 |
| 1959 | #2,289 | 25 |
| 1958 | #2,025 | 30 |
| 1957 | #2,651 | 19 |
| 1956 | #2,622 | 19 |
| 1955 | #2,635 | 18 |
| 1954 | #2,240 | 23 |
| 1953 | #2,071 | 25 |
| 1952 | #1,820 | 30 |
| 1951 | #1,885 | 27 |
| 1950 | #1,653 | 32 |
| 1949 | #1,697 | 31 |
| 1948 | #1,669 | 31 |
| 1947 | #1,722 | 31 |
| 1946 | #1,723 | 27 |
| 1945 | #1,450 | 31 |
| 1944 | #1,486 | 30 |
| 1943 | #1,591 | 28 |
| 1942 | #1,471 | 31 |
| 1941 | #1,472 | 28 |
| 1940 | #1,518 | 26 |
| 1939 | #1,684 | 21 |
| 1938 | #1,382 | 29 |
| 1937 | #1,451 | 26 |
| 1936 | #1,375 | 28 |
| 1935 | #1,381 | 28 |
| 1934 | #1,409 | 27 |
| 1933 | #1,442 | 26 |
| 1932 | #1,382 | 29 |
| 1931 | #1,163 | 38 |
| 1930 | #1,072 | 47 |
| 1929 | #1,051 | 48 |
| 1928 | #1,366 | 32 |
| 1927 | #1,161 | 44 |
| 1926 | #1,623 | 26 |
| 1925 | #1,535 | 29 |
| 1924 | #1,872 | 22 |
| 1923 | #1,840 | 22 |
| 1922 | #1,836 | 22 |
| 1921 | #1,298 | 36 |
| 1920 | #1,584 | 27 |
| 1919 | #1,604 | 25 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 |
| 1917 | #1,470 | 26 |
| 1916 | #1,485 | 25 |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 |
| 1914 | #1,818 | 14 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 |
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| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 |
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| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Berna! It came in at #1,592, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1895–1906, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Berna is popular in 1931
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Missouri#397 · 1 in 4,497
Best ever in a state: #213 in New Mexico, 1938.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Missouri | #397 | 6 | 1 in 4,497 |
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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 Berna
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 1929 at #1,051 (48 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 23,262 girls born in 1929 were named Berna (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 375,001 girls born in 1991 (0.00%)
- 21.0% of all girls named Berna (308) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,592 (1895) | #1,592 |
| 1900s | 14 | #1,512 (1907) | #1,687 |
| 1910s | 133 | #1,470 (1917) | #1,932 |
| 1920s | 308 | #1,051 (1929) | #1,517 |
| 1930s | 299 | #1,072 (1930) | #1,374 |
| 1940s | 294 | #1,450 (1945) | #1,580 |
| 1950s | 248 | #1,653 (1950) | #2,189 |
| 1960s | 124 | #2,989 (1960) | #3,974 |
| 1970s | 31 | #5,061 (1970) | #6,466 |
| 1980s | 5 | #10,392 (1980) | #10,392 |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,147 (1991) | #13,147 |
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.
Berna in 1931
Top girls' names in 1931
More about 1931
girls
1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 28,019 of them was named Berna, which outranked 76.6% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,148Paulina39
- #1,148Ronald39
- #1,148Vernita39
- #1,163Berna38
- #1,163Aleta38
- #1,163Coralie38
- #1,163Darlyne38
- #1,175Albertine37
- #1,175Carolee37
- #1,175Concha37
Tied with 11 names at #1,163; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.