Bernadine

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births

Peak · girls
#264
1931 · 544 births
Debut · girls
1882
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
21,933
since 1882

Bernadine over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Bernadine has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201884peak #264, 1931girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#13,2086
2024#15,2935
2023#12,1977
2022—
2021#15,2515
2020—
2019—
2018#13,7936
2017—
2016#16,2155
2015—
2014#11,9318
2013—
2012#14,9626
2011#14,8246
2010#14,9596
2009#12,4298
2008#15,4056
2007—
2006#13,6067
2005#10,9219
2004#11,6248
2003#15,7845
2002#13,5956
2001#10,1029
2000#9,16310
1999#8,22311
1998#12,4266
1997#6,48314
1996#6,06415
1995#7,04112
1994#7,09712
1993#8,05210
1992#7,51211
1991#9,3368
1990#6,46513
1989#6,16013
1988#9,2447
1987#7,9878
1986#6,15611
1985#4,28218
1984#6,29110
1983#4,47616
1982#3,01729
1981#3,73921
1980#2,53737
1979#3,07827
1978#2,51634
1977#2,66631
1976#2,60230
1975#2,35734
1974#1,68854
1973#1,64755
1972#1,77149
1971#1,44572
1970#1,22491
1969#1,093103
1968#974114
1967#908127
1966#752171
1965#757173
1964#752191
1963#739193
1962#667233
1961#688229
1960#624260
1959#535328
1958#471408
1957#461421
1956#772161
1955#636213
1954#656195
1953#575235
1952#520264
1951#510264
1950#479287
1949#460304
1948#477283
1947#436350
1946#433320
1945#423282
1944#371359
1943#408321
1942#410308
1941#369333
1940#363324
1939#332360
1938#325375
1937#316383
1936#330352
1935#303406
1934#301429
1933#289436
1932#302438
1931#264544
1930#280533
1929#301481
1928#296505
1927#294519
1926#283546
1925#289541
1924#277563
1923#286516
1922#285527
1921#281560
1920#301469
1919#303439
1918#286486
1917#305408
1916#298407
1915#314354
1914#330252
1913#347196
1912#347172
1911#362121
1910#40097
1909#36899
1908#41077
1907#37289
1906#38579
1905#44757
1904#39866
1903#45150
1902#50939
1901#53033
1900#56737
1899#50734
1898#61028
1897#69920
1896#79017
1895#72519
1894#74416
1893#79414
1892#95810
1891#79612
1890#82511
1889#62017
1888#83710
1887#1,0366
1886#65712
1885#7459
1884#68610
1883—
1882#8136
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Bernadine! It came in at #813, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Bernadine
Momentum · girls
Brand new
  • 2,085 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #13,208)
  • Biggest jump: 311 spots in 1957 (#772 → #461)
  • Biggest drop: 379 spots in 1887 (#657 → #1,036)
Rise & fade · girls
49 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1931 at #264 (544 births)
  • Births halved by 1951, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 85 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1888–1968
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,957
  • Highest: 1 in 1,957 girls born in 1931 were named Bernadine (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 23.8% of all girls named Bernadine (5,227) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s70#620 (1889)#771
1890s181#507 (1899)#745
1900s626#368 (1909)#444
1910s2,932#286 (1918)#329
1920s5,227#277 (1924)#289
1930s4,256#264 (1931)#304
1940s3,184#363 (1940)#415
1950s2,776#461 (1957)#562
1960s1,794#624 (1960)#795
1970s477#1,224 (1970)#2,099
1980s170#2,537 (1980)#5,389
1990s112#6,064 (1996)#7,870
2000s68#9,163 (2000)#12,514
2010s37#11,931 (2014)#14,447
2020s23#12,197 (2023)#13,987

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.

Bernadine in 1884

girls
#686
10 births · 1 in 12,902 girls

Top girls' names in 1884

  1. #1Mary9,217
  2. #2Anna3,860
  3. #3Emma2,587
  4. #4Elizabeth2,549
  5. #5Minnie2,243
  6. #6Margaret2,142
  7. #7Ida1,882
  8. #8Clara1,852
  9. #9Bertha1,789
  10. #10Annie1,739
  11. #686Bernadine10
More about 1884

girls

129,019 girls got a published name in 1884; 1 in 12,902 of them was named Bernadine, which outranked 41.5% of the 1,172 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bernadine
  1. #640Zada11
  2. #640Zena11
  3. #640Zita11
  4. #686Bernadine10
  5. #686Aileen10
  6. #686Albertha10
  7. #686Aletha10
  8. #731Adell9
  9. #731Adline9
  10. #731Aggie9

Tied with 44 names at #686; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1883
Risers
  1. ↑ 686Belva#920 → #234
  2. ↑ 364Anner#920 → #556
  3. ↑ 354Nella#817 → #463
  4. ↑ 337Guadalupe#920 → #583
  5. ↑ 337Nelia#920 → #583
Fallers
  1. ↓ 488Roxy#536 → #1,024
  2. ↓ 463Fredericka#561 → #1,024
  3. ↓ 445Albert#579 → #1,024
  4. ↓ 409Roseanna#615 → #1,024
  5. ↓ 373Delpha#651 → #1,024

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

See the top 100 for 1884 →