Berneta

Last seen for girls in 1970 at #7,995

Peak · girls
1916 · 20 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
473
since 1908

Berneta over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201908peak #1,739, 1916girls
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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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1970#7,9955
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1968#7,0165
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1962#5,8606
1961#5,8516
1960#5,6966
1959#6,2455
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1957#4,9187
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1955#3,77810
1954#3,49011
1953#2,92114
1952#3,37211
1951#4,0118
1950#4,3157
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1946#3,9947
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1942#3,1949
1941#4,4205
1940#3,5037
1939#3,4297
1938#2,73010
1937#2,73510
1936#2,8579
1935#3,7426
1934#4,2865
1933#2,68810
1932#2,49012
1931#2,42712
1930#2,30614
1929#2,58712
1928#2,62312
1927#3,05310
1926#2,47414
1925#2,01819
1924#2,51414
1923#3,12510
1922#2,78012
1921#2,12018
1920#2,17217
1919#2,64012
1918#2,10217
1917#1,77320
1916#1,73920
1915#2,25513
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1913#2,03410
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1911#1,9567
1910#1,9357
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1908#2,1015
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First appearance
1908

The first year at least five girls were named Berneta! It came in at #2,101, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1908–1909, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Berneta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1970
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1908
  • Peaked 1916 at #1,739 (20 births)
  • Births halved by 1923, 7 yrs 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 52,217
  • Highest: 1 in 52,217 girls born in 1916 were named Berneta (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 349,629 girls born in 1970 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 29.2% of all girls named Berneta (138) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s5#2,101 (1908)#2,101
1910s106#1,739 (1916)#2,054
1920s138#2,018 (1925)#2,547
1930s95#2,306 (1930)#2,969
1940s28#3,194 (1942)#3,778
1950s73#2,921 (1953)#4,131
1960s23#5,696 (1960)#6,106
1970s5#7,995 (1970)#7,995

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.

Berneta in 1908

girls
#2,101
5 births · 1 in 66,862 girls

Top girls' names in 1908

  1. #1Mary18,665
  2. #2Helen8,439
  3. #3Margaret6,976
  4. #4Ruth6,180
  5. #5Anna5,860
  6. #6Dorothy5,703
  7. #7Elizabeth4,904
  8. #8Mildred4,624
  9. #9Alice4,270
  10. #10Marie4,076
  11. #2,101Berneta5
More about 1908

girls

334,312 girls got a published name in 1908; 1 in 66,862 of them was named Berneta, which outranked 13.7% of the 2,434 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Berneta
  1. #1,862Wilna6
  2. #1,862Zeffie6
  3. #1,862Zelphia6
  4. #2,101Berneta5
  5. #2,101Ader5
  6. #2,101Ailie5
  7. #2,101Alean5

Tied with 333 names at #2,101; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1907
Risers
  1. 1,122Bernetta#2,061#939
  2. 1,122Nila#2,061#939
  3. 909Arnetta#1,821#912
  4. 703Edra#1,512#809
  5. 703Hertha#1,512#809
Fallers
  1. 1,261Aurore#840#2,101
  2. 1,178Tula#923#2,101
  3. 1,111Oneida#990#2,101
  4. 1,043Walter#819#1,862
  5. 1,022Gayle#840#1,862

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

See the top 100 for 1908