Bernadine

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births

Peak · girls
1931 · 544 births
Debut · girls
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201948peak #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.

Where Bernadine is popular in 1948

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedNHWashington: #423 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,959 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedMNIllinois: #280 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 2,793 girlsILWisconsin: #274 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,267 girlsWIMichigan: #313 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 3,476 girlsMINew York: #541 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 8,835 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #195 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,345 girlsSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedIAIndiana: #504 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,214 girlsINOhio: #405 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 5,314 girlsOHPennsylvania: #309 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 3,461 girlsPANew Jersey: #406 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,127 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #555 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 6,964 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedUTColorado: #279 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,072 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedNEMissouri: #508 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,778 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedWVVirginia: #486 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,119 girlsVAMaryland: #379 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,508 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #249 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,346 girlsLAMississippi: #420 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,083 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedHITexas: #646 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 7,623 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Bernadine, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Dakota#195 · 1 in 1,345
  2. Louisiana#249 · 1 in 1,346
  3. Wisconsin#274 · 1 in 3,267
  4. Colorado#279 · 1 in 2,072
  5. Illinois#280 · 1 in 2,793

Best ever in a state: #91 in Wisconsin, 1926.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#19551 in 1,345
Louisiana#249241 in 1,346
Wisconsin#274111 in 3,267
Colorado#27971 in 2,072
Illinois#280301 in 2,793
Pennsylvania#309301 in 3,461
Michigan#313201 in 3,476
Maryland#37951 in 4,508
Ohio#405161 in 5,314
New Jersey#40671 in 6,127
Mississippi#42071 in 4,083
Washington#42351 in 4,959
Virginia#48651 in 7,119
Indiana#50451 in 8,214
Missouri#50851 in 7,778
New York#541161 in 8,835
California#555161 in 6,964
Texas#646121 in 7,623
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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 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 1948

girls
#477
283 births · 1 in 6,000 girls

Top girls' names in 1948

  1. #1Linda96,220
  2. #2Mary68,597
  3. #3Barbara46,826
  4. #4Patricia46,140
  5. #5Susan35,988
  6. #6Sandra31,063
  7. #7Nancy29,411
  8. #8Carol28,977
  9. #9Sharon26,143
  10. #10Kathleen23,257
  11. #477Bernadine283
More about 1948

girls

1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 6,000 of them was named Bernadine, which outranked 92.1% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bernadine
  1. #474Lavonne287
  2. #475Jolene284
  3. #475Tanya284
  4. #477Bernadine283
  5. #478Elena281
  6. #478Gilda281
  7. #480Lizzie279
Biggest movers since 1947
Risers
  1. 555Shawn#1,510#955
  2. 549Regena#1,488#939
  3. 491Regenia#1,255#764
  4. 460Mickie#1,228#768
  5. 413Shirleen#1,377#964
Fallers
  1. 408Michaele#859#1,267
  2. 358Marge#969#1,327
  3. 334Ilona#875#1,209
  4. 282Trudi#875#1,157
  5. 248Marylyn#909#1,157

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

See the top 100 for 1948