Bernadine
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · girls
- 1931 · 544 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 21,933since 1882
Bernadine over time
Rank among girls' names. Bernadine has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 |
| 1985 | #4,282 | 18 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 |
| 1982 | #3,017 | 29 |
| 1981 | #3,739 | 21 |
| 1980 | #2,537 | 37 |
| 1979 | #3,078 | 27 |
| 1978 | #2,516 | 34 |
| 1977 | #2,666 | 31 |
| 1976 | #2,602 | 30 |
| 1975 | #2,357 | 34 |
| 1974 | #1,688 | 54 |
| 1973 | #1,647 | 55 |
| 1972 | #1,771 | 49 |
| 1971 | #1,445 | 72 |
| 1970 | #1,224 | 91 |
| 1969 | #1,093 | 103 |
| 1968 | #974 | 114 |
| 1967 | #908 | 127 |
| 1966 | #752 | 171 |
| 1965 | #757 | 173 |
| 1964 | #752 | 191 |
| 1963 | #739 | 193 |
| 1962 | #667 | 233 |
| 1961 | #688 | 229 |
| 1960 | #624 | 260 |
| 1959 | #535 | 328 |
| 1958 | #471 | 408 |
| 1957 | #461 | 421 |
| 1956 | #772 | 161 |
| 1955 | #636 | 213 |
| 1954 | #656 | 195 |
| 1953 | #575 | 235 |
| 1952 | #520 | 264 |
| 1951 | #510 | 264 |
| 1950 | #479 | 287 |
| 1949 | #460 | 304 |
| 1948 | #477 | 283 |
| 1947 | #436 | 350 |
| 1946 | #433 | 320 |
| 1945 | #423 | 282 |
| 1944 | #371 | 359 |
| 1943 | #408 | 321 |
| 1942 | #410 | 308 |
| 1941 | #369 | 333 |
| 1940 | #363 | 324 |
| 1939 | #332 | 360 |
| 1938 | #325 | 375 |
| 1937 | #316 | 383 |
| 1936 | #330 | 352 |
| 1935 | #303 | 406 |
| 1934 | #301 | 429 |
| 1933 | #289 | 436 |
| 1932 | #302 | 438 |
| 1931 | #264 | 544 |
| 1930 | #280 | 533 |
| 1929 | #301 | 481 |
| 1928 | #296 | 505 |
| 1927 | #294 | 519 |
| 1926 | #283 | 546 |
| 1925 | #289 | 541 |
| 1924 | #277 | 563 |
| 1923 | #286 | 516 |
| 1922 | #285 | 527 |
| 1921 | #281 | 560 |
| 1920 | #301 | 469 |
| 1919 | #303 | 439 |
| 1918 | #286 | 486 |
| 1917 | #305 | 408 |
| 1916 | #298 | 407 |
| 1915 | #314 | 354 |
| 1914 | #330 | 252 |
| 1913 | #347 | 196 |
| 1912 | #347 | 172 |
| 1911 | #362 | 121 |
| 1910 | #400 | 97 |
| 1909 | #368 | 99 |
| 1908 | #410 | 77 |
| 1907 | #372 | 89 |
| 1906 | #385 | 79 |
| 1905 | #447 | 57 |
| 1904 | #398 | 66 |
| 1903 | #451 | 50 |
| 1902 | #509 | 39 |
| 1901 | #530 | 33 |
| 1900 | #567 | 37 |
| 1899 | #507 | 34 |
| 1898 | #610 | 28 |
| 1897 | #699 | 20 |
| 1896 | #790 | 17 |
| 1895 | #725 | 19 |
| 1894 | #744 | 16 |
| 1893 | #794 | 14 |
| 1892 | #958 | 10 |
| 1891 | #796 | 12 |
| 1890 | #825 | 11 |
| 1889 | #620 | 17 |
| 1888 | #837 | 10 |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 |
| 1886 | #657 | 12 |
| 1885 | #745 | 9 |
| 1884 | #686 | 10 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #813 | 6 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1931 at #264 (544 births)
- Births halved by 1951, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1888–1968
- 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%)
- 23.8% of all girls named Bernadine (5,227) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 70 | #620 (1889) | #771 |
| 1890s | 181 | #507 (1899) | #745 |
| 1900s | 626 | #368 (1909) | #444 |
| 1910s | 2,932 | #286 (1918) | #329 |
| 1920s | 5,227 | #277 (1924) | #289 |
| 1930s | 4,256 | #264 (1931) | #304 |
| 1940s | 3,184 | #363 (1940) | #415 |
| 1950s | 2,776 | #461 (1957) | #562 |
| 1960s | 1,794 | #624 (1960) | #795 |
| 1970s | 477 | #1,224 (1970) | #2,099 |
| 1980s | 170 | #2,537 (1980) | #5,389 |
| 1990s | 112 | #6,064 (1996) | #7,870 |
| 2000s | 68 | #9,163 (2000) | #12,514 |
| 2010s | 37 | #11,931 (2014) | #14,447 |
| 2020s | 23 | #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 1921
Top girls' names in 1921
More about 1921
girls
1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 2,202 of them was named Bernadine, which outranked 95.2% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.