Bernadette
#1,034 for girls in 2025, 241 births · Last seen for boys in 1983 at #6,238
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1946 · 1,321 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 54,973since 1880
Bernadette over time
Rank among girls' names. Bernadette has never cracked the top 100 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 | #1,034 | 241 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,242 | 187 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,237 | 189 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,295 | 182 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,175 | 208 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,445 | 150 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,548 | 139 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,271 | 181 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,317 | 177 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,523 | 148 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,477 | 155 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,602 | 134 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,032 | 95 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,145 | 88 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,763 | 63 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,386 | 79 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,465 | 77 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,441 | 78 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,509 | 74 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,069 | 95 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,057 | 91 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,942 | 96 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,858 | 99 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,780 | 101 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,499 | 125 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,602 | 110 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,243 | 151 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,105 | 174 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,166 | 158 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,087 | 170 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,039 | 174 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,004 | 185 | — | |
| 1993 | #895 | 215 | — | |
| 1992 | #845 | 235 | — | |
| 1991 | #845 | 237 | — | |
| 1990 | #739 | 281 | — | |
| 1989 | #810 | 235 | — | |
| 1988 | #705 | 270 | — | |
| 1987 | #653 | 288 | — | |
| 1986 | #668 | 274 | — | |
| 1985 | #673 | 268 | — | |
| 1984 | #572 | 321 | — | |
| 1983 | #520 | 365 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #478 | 436 | — | |
| 1981 | #517 | 380 | — | |
| 1980 | #484 | 434 | — | |
| 1979 | #444 | 461 | — | |
| 1978 | #432 | 462 | — | |
| 1977 | #384 | 552 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #382 | 538 | — | |
| 1975 | #381 | 545 | — | |
| 1974 | #374 | 571 | — | |
| 1973 | #351 | 606 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #349 | 637 | — | |
| 1971 | #342 | 740 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #340 | 775 | — | |
| 1969 | #311 | 836 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #287 | 922 | — | |
| 1967 | #237 | 1,217 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #255 | 1,111 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #292 | 911 | — | |
| 1964 | #304 | 934 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #285 | 1,020 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #264 | 1,136 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #256 | 1,208 | — | |
| 1960 | #226 | 1,424 | — | |
| 1959 | #227 | 1,392 | — | |
| 1958 | #213 | 1,494 | — | |
| 1957 | #281 | 989 | — | |
| 1956 | #292 | 927 | — | |
| 1955 | #278 | 960 | — | |
| 1954 | #263 | 999 | — | |
| 1953 | #273 | 912 | — | |
| 1952 | #249 | 995 | — | |
| 1951 | #245 | 990 | — | |
| 1950 | #233 | 1,043 | — | |
| 1949 | #220 | 1,141 | — | |
| 1948 | #211 | 1,185 | — | |
| 1947 | #211 | 1,253 | — | |
| 1946 | #188 | 1,321 | — | |
| 1945 | #196 | 1,016 | — | |
| 1944 | #195 | 1,035 | — | |
| 1943 | #272 | 655 | — | |
| 1942 | #364 | 373 | — | |
| 1941 | #373 | 329 | — | |
| 1940 | #364 | 323 | — | |
| 1939 | #338 | 353 | — | |
| 1938 | #331 | 367 | — | |
| 1937 | #351 | 336 | — | |
| 1936 | #309 | 382 | — | |
| 1935 | #315 | 395 | — | |
| 1934 | #252 | 619 | — | |
| 1933 | #312 | 394 | — | |
| 1932 | #360 | 315 | — | |
| 1931 | #382 | 288 | — | |
| 1930 | #379 | 323 | — | |
| 1929 | #371 | 328 | — | |
| 1928 | #351 | 371 | — | |
| 1927 | #348 | 372 | — | |
| 1926 | #350 | 368 | — | |
| 1925 | #359 | 363 | — | |
| 1924 | #368 | 347 | — | |
| 1923 | #349 | 359 | — | |
| 1922 | #356 | 339 | — | |
| 1921 | #346 | 356 | — | |
| 1920 | #360 | 330 | — | |
| 1919 | #372 | 303 | — | |
| 1918 | #389 | 283 | — | |
| 1917 | #384 | 269 | — | |
| 1916 | #393 | 253 | — | |
| 1915 | #378 | 256 | — | |
| 1914 | #377 | 201 | — | |
| 1913 | #359 | 183 | — | |
| 1912 | #387 | 142 | — | |
| 1911 | #424 | 92 | — | |
| 1910 | #402 | 96 | — | |
| 1909 | #385 | 93 | — | |
| 1908 | #370 | 95 | — | |
| 1907 | #455 | 62 | — | |
| 1906 | #458 | 55 | — | |
| 1905 | #497 | 46 | — | |
| 1904 | #484 | 46 | — | |
| 1903 | #425 | 56 | — | |
| 1902 | #425 | 53 | — | |
| 1901 | #441 | 45 | — | |
| 1900 | #494 | 47 | — | |
| 1899 | #408 | 51 | — | |
| 1898 | #441 | 48 | — | |
| 1897 | #458 | 41 | — | |
| 1896 | #409 | 49 | — | |
| 1895 | #455 | 40 | — | |
| 1894 | #504 | 32 | — | |
| 1893 | #547 | 26 | — | |
| 1892 | #590 | 22 | — | |
| 1891 | #608 | 19 | — | |
| 1890 | #578 | 20 | — | |
| 1889 | #532 | 23 | — | |
| 1888 | #636 | 16 | — | |
| 1887 | #661 | 12 | — | |
| 1886 | #731 | 10 | — | |
| 1885 | #842 | 7 | — | |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | #813 | 6 | — | |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 | — | |
| 1880 | #628 | 8 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Bernadette was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Bernadette
- 208 spots since 2024 (#1,242 → #1,034)
- 411 spots since 2020 (#1,445 → #1,034)
- 443 spots since 2015 (#1,477 → #1,034)
- Biggest jump: 111 spots in 1886 (#842 → #731)
- Biggest drop: 202 spots in 1881 (#628 → #830)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1946 at #188 (1,321 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 26 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 113 yrs · run 1884–1993
- Highest: 1 in 1,189 girls born in 1946 were named Bernadette (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,669 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 19.5% of all girls named Bernadette (10,719) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 93 | #532 (1889) | #734 |
| 1890s | 348 | #408 (1899) | #500 |
| 1900s | 598 | #370 (1908) | #443 |
| 1910s | 2,078 | #359 (1913) | #387 |
| 1920s | 3,533 | #346 (1921) | #356 |
| 1930s | 3,772 | #252 (1934) | #333 |
| 1940s | 8,631 | #188 (1946) | #259 |
| 1950s | 10,701 | #213 (1958) | #255 |
| 1960s | 10,719 | #226 (1960) | #272 |
| 1970s | 5,887 | #340 (1970) | #378 |
| 1980s | 3,271 | #478 (1982) | #608 |
| 1990s | 1,980 | #739 (1990) | #997 |
| 2000s | 946 | #1,499 (2001) | #2,022 |
| 2010s | 1,259 | #1,271 (2018) | #1,806 |
| 2020s | 1,157 | #1,034 (2025) | #1,238 |
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.
Bernadette in 1969
Top girls' names in 1969
Top boys' names in 1969
More about 1969
girls
1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 2,018 of them was named Bernadette, which outranked 96.4% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 298,029 of them was named Bernadette, which outranked 22.0% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,595Zavier7
- #3,595Zbigniew7
- #3,595Zebulon7
- #3,935Bernadette6
- #3,935Abdon6
- #3,935Able6
- #3,935Acey6
- #4,404Abbott5
- #4,404Adrean5
- #4,404Adrin5
Tied with 468 names at #3,935; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
- ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
- ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
- ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
- ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.