Bernestine
Last seen for girls in 1965 at #5,289
- Peak · girls
- 1944 · 16 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 367since 1924
Bernestine over time
Rank among girls' names. Bernestine has never cracked the top 2,000 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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| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 |
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| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 |
| 1958 | #2,663 | 19 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 |
| 1954 | #2,695 | 17 |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 |
| 1949 | #2,726 | 14 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 |
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| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 |
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| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 |
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| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 |
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| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 |
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| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Bernestine! It came in at #3,665, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1925–1926, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Bernestine is popular in 1944
No state had 5 or more girls named Bernestine in 1944, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Bernestine
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1965
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 1944 at #2,199 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1952, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 82,951 girls born in 1944 were named Bernestine (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 252,166 girls born in 1965 (0.00%)
- 36.0% of all girls named Bernestine (132) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1920s | 24 | #3,665 (1924) | #4,412 |
| 1930s | 52 | #2,417 (1939) | #3,600 |
| 1940s | 116 | #2,199 (1944) | #2,883 |
| 1950s | 132 | #2,431 (1953) | #3,291 |
| 1960s | 43 | #3,920 (1960) | #4,772 |
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.
Bernestine in 1944
Top girls' names in 1944
More about 1944
girls
1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 82,951 of them was named Bernestine, which outranked 58.1% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,096Wallis17
- #2,096Wanetta17
- #2,096Zada17
- #2,199Bernestine16
- #2,199Ailene16
- #2,199Alexa16
- #2,199Alfredia16
- #2,287Adelita15
- #2,287Alecia15
- #2,287Alfred15
Tied with 87 names at #2,199; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.