Bernardo

#1,347 for boys in 2025, 140 births

Peak · boys
#672
1994 · 236 births
Debut · boys
1888
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
11,175
since 1888

Bernardo over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Bernardo has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020peak #672, 1994boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,347140
2024#1,341143
2023#1,309146
2022#1,300146
2021#1,479121
2020#1,489114
2019#1,171165
2018#1,299140
2017#1,402125
2016#1,313137
2015#1,340131
2014#1,492108
2013#1,305132
2012#1,407118
2011#1,250138
2010#1,250140
2009#1,103167
2008#1,090170
2007#971202
2006#985188
2005#959182
2004#878197
2003#975164
2002#848195
2001#849189
2000#899173
1999#889169
1998#790193
1997#776192
1996#726212
1995#683240
1994#672236
1993#733202
1992#830162
1991#731193
1990#761178
1989#737180
1988#738164
1987#836124
1986#721157
1985#866109
1984#871102
1983#772127
1982#827115
1981#717145
1980#729144
1979#812115
1978#90191
1977#87593
1976#731131
1975#788111
1974#755115
1973#756112
1972#776106
1971#786105
1970#83593
1969#79993
1968#84474
1967#79185
1966#87070
1965#80983
1964#84681
1963#85577
1962#87975
1961#92868
1960#91668
1959#83483
1958#86776
1957#1,05052
1956#1,04552
1955#1,01155
1954#87670
1953#1,01551
1952#88363
1951#1,01748
1950#97750
1949#84965
1948#96352
1947#96854
1946#91153
1945#94347
1944#1,01841
1943#1,05341
1942#1,21433
1941#1,15233
1940#1,25129
1939#1,08535
1938#1,31026
1937#1,09435
1936#1,27127
1935#1,09835
1934#1,21330
1933#1,33025
1932#1,11037
1931#1,03142
1930#1,05343
1929#1,04443
1928#1,00347
1927#1,09842
1926#1,19236
1925#1,07342
1924#1,24634
1923#1,05745
1922#1,64422
1921#1,29632
1920#1,11940
1919#1,20734
1918#1,09439
1917#1,52822
1916#1,37425
1915#1,78216
1914#1,86812
1913#95027
1912#1,52711
1911#1,03811
1910#1,3147
1909#1,1557
1908#1,3735
1907#9998
1906#1,0047
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First appearance
1888

The first year at least five boys were named Bernardo! It came in at #917, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1889–1894, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Bernardo
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 6 spots since 2024 (#1,341 → #1,347)
  • 142 spots since 2020 (#1,489 → #1,347)
  • 7 spots since 2015 (#1,340 → #1,347)
  • Biggest jump: 577 spots in 1913 (#1,527 → #950)
  • Biggest drop: 918 spots in 1914 (#950 → #1,868)
Rise & fade · boys
106 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1994 at #672 (236 births)
  • Births halved by 2012, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 62 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1958–2007
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,932
  • Highest: 1 in 7,932 boys born in 1995 were named Bernardo (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 12,201 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #672 in 1994, was only 1 in 8,187 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 17.7% of all boys named Bernardo (1,977) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#917 (1888)#917
1890s6#978 (1895)#978
1900s32#999 (1907)#1,134
1910s204#950 (1913)#1,368
1920s383#1,003 (1928)#1,177
1930s335#1,031 (1931)#1,160
1940s448#849 (1949)#1,032
1950s600#834 (1959)#958
1960s774#791 (1967)#854
1970s1,072#731 (1976)#802
1980s1,367#717 (1981)#781
1990s1,977#672 (1994)#759
2000s1,827#848 (2002)#956
2010s1,334#1,171 (2019)#1,323
2020s810#1,300 (2022)#1,378

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Bernardo in 2020

boys
#1,489
114 births · 1 in 15,141 boys

Top boys' names in 2020

  1. #1Liam19,865
  2. #2Noah18,464
  3. #3Oliver14,277
  4. #4Elijah13,238
  5. #5William12,676
  6. #6James12,390
  7. #7Benjamin12,264
  8. #8Lucas11,386
  9. #9Henry10,793
  10. #10Alexander10,268
  11. #1,489Bernardo114
More about 2020

boys

1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 15,141 of them was named Bernardo, which outranked 89.4% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bernardo
  1. #1,478Viktor115
  2. #1,478Zeppelin115
  3. #1,478Zymir115
  4. #1,489Bernardo114
  5. #1,489Aizen114
  6. #1,489Canon114
  7. #1,489Geovanni114
  8. #1,499Cristobal113
  9. #1,499Kaidyn113
  10. #1,499Mavrick113

Tied with 9 names at #1,489; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 587Zyair#1,548 → #961
  2. ↑ 567Jaxtyn#1,152 → #585
  3. ↑ 539Jakobe#1,372 → #833
  4. ↑ 473Kylo#922 → #449
  5. ↑ 461Ander#1,085 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
  2. ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
  4. ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
  5. ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086

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

See the top 100 for 2020 →