Berniece
Last seen for girls in 2013 at #14,582
- Peak · girls
- 1918 · 476 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,909since 1886
Berniece over time
Rank among girls' names. Berniece has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 |
| 1960 | #2,729 | 20 |
| 1959 | #2,517 | 21 |
| 1958 | #2,167 | 27 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 |
| 1956 | #1,931 | 31 |
| 1955 | #1,803 | 34 |
| 1954 | #1,949 | 29 |
| 1953 | #1,503 | 42 |
| 1952 | #1,680 | 34 |
| 1951 | #1,740 | 31 |
| 1950 | #1,626 | 33 |
| 1949 | #1,265 | 52 |
| 1948 | #1,173 | 59 |
| 1947 | #1,170 | 59 |
| 1946 | #1,148 | 55 |
| 1945 | #1,122 | 49 |
| 1944 | #888 | 74 |
| 1943 | #861 | 82 |
| 1942 | #773 | 96 |
| 1941 | #768 | 88 |
| 1940 | #808 | 77 |
| 1939 | #714 | 91 |
| 1938 | #659 | 108 |
| 1937 | #631 | 115 |
| 1936 | #627 | 111 |
| 1935 | #548 | 137 |
| 1934 | #513 | 157 |
| 1933 | #536 | 140 |
| 1932 | #500 | 174 |
| 1931 | #460 | 197 |
| 1930 | #442 | 232 |
| 1929 | #434 | 229 |
| 1928 | #415 | 270 |
| 1927 | #405 | 285 |
| 1926 | #369 | 335 |
| 1925 | #368 | 342 |
| 1924 | #375 | 331 |
| 1923 | #345 | 364 |
| 1922 | #327 | 398 |
| 1921 | #325 | 416 |
| 1920 | #309 | 447 |
| 1919 | #316 | 400 |
| 1918 | #291 | 476 |
| 1917 | #302 | 422 |
| 1916 | #305 | 389 |
| 1915 | #296 | 385 |
| 1914 | #312 | 282 |
| 1913 | #310 | 235 |
| 1912 | #336 | 185 |
| 1911 | #360 | 122 |
| 1910 | #354 | 127 |
| 1909 | #445 | 69 |
| 1908 | #375 | 91 |
| 1907 | #391 | 82 |
| 1906 | #415 | 67 |
| 1905 | #420 | 66 |
| 1904 | #456 | 51 |
| 1903 | #406 | 61 |
| 1902 | #434 | 51 |
| 1901 | #475 | 40 |
| 1900 | #576 | 36 |
| 1899 | #565 | 29 |
| 1898 | #527 | 35 |
| 1897 | #594 | 26 |
| 1896 | #688 | 21 |
| 1895 | #858 | 14 |
| 1894 | #664 | 20 |
| 1893 | #901 | 11 |
| 1892 | #706 | 17 |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Berniece! It came in at #897, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1889, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Berniece
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
- Biggest jump: 387 spots in 1892 (#1,093 → #706)
- Biggest drop: 234 spots in 1945 (#888 → #1,122)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1918 at #291 (476 births)
- Births halved by 1929, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1892–1944
- Highest: 1 in 2,432 girls born in 1918 were named Berniece (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 292,458 girls born in 2013 (0.00%)
- 34.5% of all girls named Berniece (3,417) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | #897 (1886) | #897 |
| 1890s | 188 | #527 (1898) | #760 |
| 1900s | 614 | #375 (1908) | #439 |
| 1910s | 3,023 | #291 (1918) | #318 |
| 1920s | 3,417 | #309 (1920) | #367 |
| 1930s | 1,462 | #442 (1930) | #563 |
| 1940s | 691 | #768 (1941) | #998 |
| 1950s | 299 | #1,503 (1953) | #1,974 |
| 1960s | 87 | #2,729 (1960) | #4,155 |
| 1970s | 41 | #5,109 (1972) | #7,357 |
| 1980s | 10 | #10,392 (1980) | #10,455 |
| 1990s | 26 | #8,719 (1993) | #11,508 |
| 2000s | 27 | #14,502 (2005) | #15,722 |
| 2010s | 17 | #14,582 (2013) | #15,470 |
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.
Berniece in 1932
Top girls' names in 1932
More about 1932
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1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 6,133 of them was named Berniece, which outranked 90.2% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).