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
Showing
- 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
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | |
First appearance
1880
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.
See more about Bernie
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 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)
Rise & fade · boys
57 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1937 at #468 (144 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 37 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 91 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1899–1973
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,992
- 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
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 16.3% of all boys named Bernie (1,505) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1898
- 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 1981
boys
#1,602
37 births · 1 in 48,410 boys
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 48,410 of them was named Bernie, which outranked 78.0% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Bernie
- #1,577Tito38
- #1,577Valentine38
- #1,577Winfred38
- #1,602Bernie37
- #1,602Allyn37
- #1,602Amador37
- #1,602Bee37
- #1,629Ambrose36
- #1,629Anthoney36
- #1,629Antwane36
Tied with 26 names at #1,602; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.