Bernece

Last seen for girls in 1939 at #4,250

Peak · girls
1908 · 10 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
405
since 1902

Bernece over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Bernece has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201902peak #1,357, 1908girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1939#4,2505
1938#2,73010
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1936#4,1815
1935#3,4317
1934#3,4497
1933#2,68810
1932#2,49012
1931#2,75010
1930#3,0559
1929#2,43713
1928#1,96119
1927#2,55213
1926#3,5648
1925#2,11918
1924#2,40915
1923#2,73212
1922#2,61213
1921#1,76524
1920#1,88921
1919#1,74522
1918#1,80521
1917#1,60523
1916#2,49812
1915#1,96416
1914#1,89613
1913#1,52815
1912#1,84410
1911#1,9567
1910#1,6349
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1908#1,35710
1907#2,0615
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1905#1,6966
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1902#1,7935
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First appearance
1902

The first year at least five girls were named Bernece! It came in at #1,793, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1902–1904, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Bernece
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1939
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1902
  • Peaked 1908 at #1,357 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1909, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 33,431
  • Highest: 1 in 33,431 girls born in 1908 were named Bernece (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 219,322 girls born in 1939 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 38.5% of all girls named Bernece (156) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s26#1,357 (1908)#1,727
1910s148#1,528 (1913)#1,848
1920s156#1,765 (1921)#2,404
1930s75#2,490 (1932)#3,225

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.

Bernece in 1902

girls
#1,793
5 births · 1 in 52,815 girls

Top girls' names in 1902

  1. #1Mary14,486
  2. #2Helen5,967
  3. #3Anna5,288
  4. #4Margaret5,011
  5. #5Ruth4,384
  6. #6Elizabeth3,694
  7. #7Florence3,509
  8. #8Marie3,424
  9. #9Ethel3,295
  10. #10Alice3,135
  11. #1,793Bernece5
More about 1902

girls

264,073 girls got a published name in 1902; 1 in 52,815 of them was named Bernece, which outranked 12.2% of the 2,042 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bernece
  1. #1,594Zera6
  2. #1,594Zilphia6
  3. #1,594Zina6
  4. #1,793Bernece5
  5. #1,793Achsah5
  6. #1,793Adena5
  7. #1,793Ader5

Tied with 249 names at #1,793; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1901
Risers
  1. 1,031Lolita#1,679#648
  2. 861Cathleen#1,679#818
  3. 743Maple#1,679#936
  4. 743Margarite#1,679#936
  5. 707Mignon#1,679#972
Fallers
  1. 1,046Veva#747#1,793
  2. 847Janette#747#1,594
  3. 832Laurine#961#1,793
  4. 676Aura#918#1,594
  5. 667Electa#771#1,438

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

See the top 100 for 1902