Bernie
Last seen for girls in 1975 at #6,484 · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to boys 85.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1937 · 144 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,225since 1880
Bernie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | — | #8,243 | 9 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,443 | 17 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,255 | 9 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,479 | 13 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,110 | 18 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,235 | 17 | |
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,140 | 9 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,624 | 21 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,066 | 11 | |
| 2014 | — | #10,717 | 6 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,026 | 11 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,158 | 9 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,578 | 12 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,848 | 19 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,748 | 20 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,540 | 21 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,094 | 11 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,888 | 25 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,319 | 30 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,534 | 26 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,186 | 29 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,909 | 21 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,974 | 20 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,764 | 21 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,279 | 24 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,017 | 26 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,903 | 26 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,107 | 23 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,191 | 21 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,618 | 28 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,697 | 26 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,253 | 33 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,544 | 27 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,170 | 33 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,993 | 36 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,367 | 25 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,215 | 26 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,837 | 33 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,524 | 43 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,630 | 36 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,787 | 31 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,929 | 28 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,602 | 37 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,410 | 45 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,270 | 52 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,229 | 53 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,027 | 70 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,179 | 53 | |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #1,084 | 60 |
| 1974 | — | #1,091 | 57 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #941 | 73 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #877 | 84 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | #947 | 74 |
| 1970 | — | #861 | 87 | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #812 | 90 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | #799 | 86 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | #735 | 100 |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 | #747 | 98 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | #681 | 119 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | #610 | 165 |
| 1963 | #2,864 | 19 | #614 | 160 |
| 1962 | #2,210 | 29 | #551 | 204 |
| 1961 | #2,150 | 30 | #542 | 215 |
| 1960 | #1,925 | 35 | #522 | 231 |
| 1959 | #1,820 | 37 | #582 | 183 |
| 1958 | #1,872 | 34 | #531 | 210 |
| 1957 | #1,491 | 51 | #582 | 175 |
| 1956 | #2,321 | 23 | #608 | 154 |
| 1955 | #2,156 | 25 | #645 | 133 |
| 1954 | #1,769 | 34 | #611 | 146 |
| 1953 | #1,872 | 29 | #627 | 130 |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 | #623 | 127 |
| 1951 | #1,805 | 29 | #646 | 120 |
| 1950 | #2,053 | 22 | #606 | 127 |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 | #580 | 134 |
| 1948 | #2,491 | 16 | #532 | 155 |
| 1947 | #1,863 | 27 | #509 | 176 |
| 1946 | #1,508 | 34 | #541 | 140 |
| 1945 | #1,482 | 30 | #527 | 128 |
| 1944 | #1,661 | 25 | #514 | 138 |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 | #529 | 142 |
| 1942 | #1,804 | 22 | #524 | 135 |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 | #485 | 146 |
| 1940 | #1,682 | 22 | #545 | 116 |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 | #524 | 119 |
| 1938 | #1,475 | 26 | #478 | 145 |
| 1937 | #1,416 | 27 | #468 | 144 |
| 1936 | #2,153 | 14 | #504 | 127 |
| 1935 | #1,244 | 33 | #490 | 135 |
| 1934 | #1,409 | 27 | #484 | 140 |
| 1933 | #1,773 | 19 | #495 | 128 |
| 1932 | #1,213 | 35 | #504 | 130 |
| 1931 | #1,549 | 24 | #550 | 113 |
| 1930 | #1,748 | 21 | #618 | 99 |
| 1929 | #1,892 | 19 | #649 | 90 |
| 1928 | #1,502 | 28 | #588 | 110 |
| 1927 | #1,771 | 23 | #684 | 89 |
| 1926 | #1,388 | 33 | #612 | 105 |
| 1925 | #1,443 | 32 | #628 | 101 |
| 1924 | #1,566 | 29 | #691 | 89 |
| 1923 | #1,520 | 29 | #644 | 99 |
| 1922 | #1,682 | 25 | #678 | 91 |
| 1921 | #1,668 | 26 | #687 | 89 |
| 1920 | #1,952 | 20 | #674 | 90 |
| 1919 | #1,989 | 18 | #603 | 100 |
| 1918 | #1,360 | 32 | #748 | 74 |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 | #674 | 79 |
| 1916 | #1,805 | 19 | #620 | 88 |
| 1915 | #1,523 | 23 | #671 | 75 |
| 1914 | #1,262 | 24 | #712 | 53 |
| 1913 | #1,176 | 22 | #696 | 43 |
| 1912 | #1,218 | 19 | #755 | 33 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 | #584 | 27 |
| 1910 | #1,521 | 10 | #621 | 22 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | #756 | 14 |
| 1908 | #1,004 | 16 | #585 | 19 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | #511 | 21 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | #709 | 12 |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | #549 | 18 |
| 1904 | — | #647 | 13 | |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 | #783 | 9 |
| 1902 | — | #521 | 17 | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | #596 | 12 |
| 1900 | #1,171 | 11 | #555 | 19 |
| 1899 | — | #661 | 10 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 | #787 | 8 |
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1894 | — | #567 | 13 | |
| 1893 | — | #650 | 10 | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | #572 | 13 |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | #700 | 8 |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | #533 | 13 |
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | — | #554 | 13 | |
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #694 | 8 | |
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | #576 | 11 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Bernie was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Bernie is popular in 1909
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Bernie
- 2,800 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #8,243)
- 3,008 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #8,243)
- 1,177 spots since 2015 (#7,066 → #8,243)
- Biggest jump: 460 spots in 1899 (#1,121 → #661)
- Biggest drop: 545 spots in 1896 (#556 → #1,101)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1937 at #468 (144 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 37 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1899–1973
- Highest: 1 in 6,992 boys born in 1907 were named Bernie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #468 in 1937, was only 1 in 7,407 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.3% of all boys named Bernie (1,505) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1897, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 72 | #554 (1888) | #737 |
| 1890s | 99 | #533 (1890) | #725 |
| 1900s | 154 | #511 (1907) | #621 |
| 1910s | 594 | #584 (1911) | #668 |
| 1920s | 953 | #588 (1928) | #654 |
| 1930s | 1,280 | #468 (1937) | #512 |
| 1940s | 1,410 | #485 (1941) | #529 |
| 1950s | 1,505 | #531 (1958) | #606 |
| 1960s | 1,468 | #522 (1960) | #661 |
| 1970s | 663 | #861 (1970) | #1,051 |
| 1980s | 340 | #1,410 (1980) | #1,829 |
| 1990s | 267 | #2,170 (1990) | #2,778 |
| 2000s | 224 | #3,186 (2003) | #4,196 |
| 2010s | 113 | #4,624 (2016) | #7,611 |
| 2020s | 83 | #5,110 (2021) | #6,461 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Bernie in 1909
Top girls' names in 1909
Top boys' names in 1909
More about 1909
girls
347,228 girls got a published name in 1909; 1 in 43,404 of them was named Bernie, which outranked 36.9% of the 2,548 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,471Wilmoth9
- #1,471Zelia9
- #1,471Zelphia9
- #1,607Bernie8
- #1,607Abby8
- #1,607Adelyn8
- #1,607Alcie8
- #1,763Addis7
- #1,763Agness7
- #1,763Albena7
Tied with 155 names at #1,607; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 11,714 of them was named Bernie, which outranked 55.0% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #714Wardell15
- #714Waymon15
- #714Zack15
- #756Bernie14
- #756Alford14
- #756Augusta14
- #756Augustine14
- #804Addison13
- #804Adolphus13
- #804Alonza13
Tied with 47 names at #756; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.