Bernice
#4,067 for girls in 2025, 35 births · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #7,638
Given to girls 98.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1921 · 6,190 births
- Debut · girls
- 59 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 38 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 182,130since 1880
Bernice over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,067 | 35 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,822 | 39 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,047 | 36 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,653 | 42 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,112 | 52 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,546 | 42 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,002 | 54 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,677 | 64 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,508 | 71 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,100 | 53 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,001 | 57 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,648 | 66 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,508 | 71 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,419 | 47 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,796 | 62 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,691 | 66 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,396 | 80 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,295 | 85 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,368 | 80 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,328 | 81 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,180 | 84 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,100 | 86 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,125 | 82 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,984 | 88 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,713 | 105 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,791 | 97 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,431 | 122 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,607 | 101 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,475 | 111 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,423 | 116 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,466 | 109 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,251 | 137 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,325 | 126 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #1,254 | 138 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,205 | 143 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,175 | 146 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #1,145 | 144 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,110 | 140 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,128 | 132 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,260 | 107 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,030 | 146 | — | |
| 1984 | #935 | 157 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,000 | 143 | — | |
| 1982 | #884 | 174 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #891 | 169 | — | |
| 1980 | #866 | 177 | — | |
| 1979 | #903 | 165 | — | |
| 1978 | #811 | 184 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #824 | 182 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #612 | 255 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #674 | 222 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #601 | 262 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #592 | 265 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #569 | 289 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #553 | 326 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #518 | 375 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #495 | 385 | #2,308 | 14 |
| 1968 | #469 | 420 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | #441 | 457 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #433 | 470 | #1,963 | 16 |
| 1965 | #389 | 565 | #2,366 | 12 |
| 1964 | #373 | 651 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1963 | #359 | 702 | #2,115 | 15 |
| 1962 | #342 | 761 | #2,364 | 12 |
| 1961 | #344 | 764 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #319 | 872 | #2,423 | 12 |
| 1959 | #319 | 852 | #1,806 | 20 |
| 1958 | #301 | 889 | #1,838 | 19 |
| 1957 | #288 | 982 | #1,837 | 19 |
| 1956 | #266 | 1,032 | #1,642 | 23 |
| 1955 | #256 | 1,045 | #1,611 | 23 |
| 1954 | #249 | 1,075 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1953 | #237 | 1,156 | #1,958 | 16 |
| 1952 | #227 | 1,212 | #1,547 | 24 |
| 1951 | #213 | 1,286 | #1,407 | 28 |
| 1950 | #206 | 1,300 | #1,615 | 21 |
| 1949 | #198 | 1,380 | #1,205 | 35 |
| 1948 | #185 | 1,489 | #1,703 | 19 |
| 1947 | #172 | 1,688 | #1,213 | 36 |
| 1946 | #179 | 1,468 | #1,409 | 25 |
| 1945 | #157 | 1,477 | #1,349 | 24 |
| 1944 | #149 | 1,657 | #1,107 | 36 |
| 1943 | #143 | 1,890 | #1,106 | 38 |
| 1942 | #137 | 1,962 | #923 | 52 |
| 1941 | #133 | 1,934 | #987 | 42 |
| 1940 | #121 | 2,087 | #904 | 49 |
| 1939 | #116 | 2,123 | #857 | 51 |
| 1938 | #112 | 2,290 | #963 | 43 |
| 1937 | #104 | 2,384 | #880 | 49 |
| 1936 | #95 | 2,540 | #816 | 56 |
| 1935 | #90 | 2,777 | #697 | 75 |
| 1934 | #82 | 2,980 | #733 | 69 |
| 1933 | #83 | 3,009 | #710 | 72 |
| 1932 | #71 | 3,542 | #651 | 87 |
| 1931 | #63 | 3,821 | #717 | 72 |
| 1930 | #58 | 4,439 | #730 | 75 |
| 1929 | #55 | 4,551 | #649 | 90 |
| 1928 | #53 | 4,943 | #636 | 95 |
| 1927 | #49 | 5,305 | #576 | 115 |
| 1926 | #45 | 5,443 | #639 | 97 |
| 1925 | #46 | 5,728 | #678 | 89 |
| 1924 | #47 | 6,033 | #608 | 110 |
| 1923 | #43 | 5,809 | #625 | 104 |
| 1922 | #41 | 5,912 | #583 | 121 |
| 1921 | #39 | 6,190 | #580 | 119 |
| 1920 | #40 | 5,928 | #583 | 114 |
| 1919 | #42 | 5,793 | #593 | 103 |
| 1918 | #41 | 5,892 | #561 | 116 |
| 1917 | #42 | 5,546 | #713 | 73 |
| 1916 | #42 | 5,183 | #604 | 93 |
| 1915 | #42 | 4,937 | #589 | 93 |
| 1914 | #43 | 3,730 | #616 | 67 |
| 1913 | #45 | 3,036 | #615 | 51 |
| 1912 | #51 | 2,593 | #783 | 31 |
| 1911 | #51 | 1,915 | #605 | 25 |
| 1910 | #58 | 1,721 | #537 | 28 |
| 1909 | #62 | 1,337 | #574 | 21 |
| 1908 | #61 | 1,363 | #685 | 15 |
| 1907 | #65 | 1,185 | #495 | 22 |
| 1906 | #66 | 1,107 | #503 | 20 |
| 1905 | #74 | 1,032 | #507 | 20 |
| 1904 | #75 | 962 | #566 | 16 |
| 1903 | #77 | 868 | #696 | 11 |
| 1902 | #81 | 794 | #583 | 14 |
| 1901 | #86 | 660 | — | |
| 1900 | #96 | 702 | #836 | 10 |
| 1899 | #103 | 515 | #786 | 8 |
| 1898 | #96 | 619 | #744 | 9 |
| 1897 | #103 | 519 | #495 | 16 |
| 1896 | #104 | 489 | #778 | 9 |
| 1895 | #109 | 447 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | #121 | 389 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | #125 | 340 | — | |
| 1892 | #137 | 299 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #142 | 248 | #564 | 11 |
| 1890 | #154 | 229 | #739 | 8 |
| 1889 | #154 | 206 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | #177 | 157 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | #178 | 127 | — | |
| 1886 | #173 | 135 | — | |
| 1885 | #193 | 96 | — | |
| 1884 | #208 | 83 | — | |
| 1883 | #210 | 69 | #720 | 7 |
| 1882 | #229 | 57 | — | |
| 1881 | #222 | 48 | — | |
| 1880 | #201 | 59 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Bernice was already there! It came in at #201, and was given to 59 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2020–2025, when fewer than 53 girls a year got the name.
See more about Bernice
- 245 spots since 2024 (#3,822 → #4,067)
- 521 spots since 2020 (#3,546 → #4,067)
- 1,066 spots since 2015 (#3,001 → #4,067)
- Biggest jump: 65 spots in 1984 (#1,000 → #935)
- Biggest drop: 212 spots in 1977 (#612 → #824)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1921 at #39 (6,190 births)
- Births halved by 1933, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 38 yrs · run 1900–1936
- Top 1,000: 105 yrs · run 1880–1984
- Highest: 1 in 195 girls born in 1917 were named Bernice (0.51%)
- Latest: 1 in 45,922 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #39 in 1921, was only 1 in 199 (0.50%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 30.7% of all girls named Bernice (55,842) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,037 | #154 (1889) | #195 |
| 1890s | 4,094 | #96 (1898) | #119 |
| 1900s | 10,010 | #61 (1908) | #74 |
| 1910s | 40,346 | #41 (1918) | #46 |
| 1920s | 55,842 | #39 (1921) | #46 |
| 1930s | 29,905 | #58 (1930) | #87 |
| 1940s | 17,032 | #121 (1940) | #157 |
| 1950s | 10,829 | #206 (1950) | #256 |
| 1960s | 6,047 | #319 (1960) | #396 |
| 1970s | 2,525 | #518 (1970) | #666 |
| 1980s | 1,489 | #866 (1980) | #1,025 |
| 1990s | 1,249 | #1,175 (1990) | #1,361 |
| 2000s | 868 | #1,713 (2001) | #2,128 |
| 2010s | 611 | #2,508 (2013) | #2,835 |
| 2020s | 246 | #3,112 (2021) | #3,708 |
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.
Bernice in 1894
Top girls' names in 1894
Top boys' names in 1894
More about 1894
girls
222,922 girls got a published name in 1894; 1 in 573 of them was named Bernice, which outranked 92.9% of the 1,702 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 691Macy#794 → #1,485
- ↓ 659Fredericka#826 → #1,485
- ↓ 586Dee#767 → #1,353
- ↓ 584Katharyn#901 → #1,485
- ↓ 584Leva#901 → #1,485
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
115,768 boys got a published name in 1894; 1 in 19,295 of them was named Bernice, which outranked 23.0% of the 1,239 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).