Berneice
Last seen for girls in 1976 at #9,284
- Peak · girls
- 1918 · 154 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,208since 1891
Berneice over time
Rank among girls' names. Berneice has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | — | |
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| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | — | |
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| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 |
| 1949 | #2,620 | 15 |
| 1948 | #2,126 | 21 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 |
| 1946 | #2,153 | 19 |
| 1945 | #1,699 | 24 |
| 1944 | #1,609 | 26 |
| 1943 | #1,492 | 31 |
| 1942 | #1,413 | 33 |
| 1941 | #1,472 | 28 |
| 1940 | #1,272 | 34 |
| 1939 | #1,194 | 37 |
| 1938 | #1,127 | 41 |
| 1937 | #1,160 | 38 |
| 1936 | #929 | 54 |
| 1935 | #1,039 | 44 |
| 1934 | #917 | 56 |
| 1933 | #904 | 56 |
| 1932 | #740 | 83 |
| 1931 | #777 | 75 |
| 1930 | #909 | 64 |
| 1929 | #764 | 83 |
| 1928 | #778 | 85 |
| 1927 | #715 | 102 |
| 1926 | #783 | 85 |
| 1925 | #712 | 107 |
| 1924 | #643 | 135 |
| 1923 | #692 | 112 |
| 1922 | #639 | 131 |
| 1921 | #684 | 117 |
| 1920 | #650 | 123 |
| 1919 | #597 | 139 |
| 1918 | #574 | 154 |
| 1917 | #615 | 123 |
| 1916 | #647 | 110 |
| 1915 | #607 | 116 |
| 1914 | #710 | 66 |
| 1913 | #579 | 77 |
| 1912 | #663 | 57 |
| 1911 | #825 | 27 |
| 1910 | #679 | 39 |
| 1909 | #761 | 28 |
| 1908 | #755 | 26 |
| 1907 | #840 | 20 |
| 1906 | #793 | 21 |
| 1905 | #797 | 21 |
| 1904 | #682 | 26 |
| 1903 | #666 | 25 |
| 1902 | #936 | 14 |
| 1901 | #795 | 17 |
| 1900 | #860 | 19 |
| 1899 | #878 | 14 |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,353 | 6 |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Berneice! It came in at #1,332, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1891–1892, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Berneice
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1976
- Biggest jump: 293 spots in 1899 (#1,171 → #878)
- Biggest drop: 231 spots in 1937 (#929 → #1,160)
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1918 at #574 (154 births)
- Births halved by 1930, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1899–1934
- Highest: 1 in 7,517 girls born in 1918 were named Berneice (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 293,020 girls born in 1976 (0.00%)
- 33.7% of all girls named Berneice (1,080) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 54 | #878 (1899) | #1,224 |
| 1900s | 217 | #666 (1903) | #789 |
| 1910s | 908 | #574 (1918) | #650 |
| 1920s | 1,080 | #639 (1922) | #706 |
| 1930s | 548 | #740 (1932) | #970 |
| 1940s | 244 | #1,272 (1940) | #1,875 |
| 1950s | 115 | #2,577 (1951) | #3,569 |
| 1960s | 32 | #4,437 (1960) | #5,782 |
| 1970s | 10 | #7,995 (1970) | #8,640 |
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.
Berneice in 1935
Top girls' names in 1935
More about 1935
girls
1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 23,831 of them was named Berneice, which outranked 78.8% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,031Mimi45
- #1,031Phillis45
- #1,031Phylis45
- #1,039Berneice44
- #1,039Albertine44
- #1,039Dian44
- #1,039Elia44
- #1,055Altha43
- #1,055Arthur43
- #1,055Augustine43
Tied with 15 names at #1,039; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
- ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
- ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
- ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
- ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.