Bernita
Last seen for girls in 2000 at #15,031
- Peak · girls
- 1933 · 89 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,630since 1900
Bernita over time
Rank among girls' names. Bernita has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 |
| 1983 | #2,975 | 28 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 |
| 1981 | #3,253 | 26 |
| 1980 | #3,719 | 21 |
| 1979 | #3,147 | 26 |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 |
| 1977 | #3,486 | 21 |
| 1976 | #2,865 | 26 |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 |
| 1974 | #2,290 | 34 |
| 1973 | #2,064 | 39 |
| 1972 | #2,222 | 34 |
| 1971 | #1,828 | 48 |
| 1970 | #1,706 | 54 |
| 1969 | #1,755 | 48 |
| 1968 | #1,473 | 59 |
| 1967 | #1,460 | 58 |
| 1966 | #1,320 | 67 |
| 1965 | #1,337 | 67 |
| 1964 | #1,293 | 74 |
| 1963 | #1,147 | 91 |
| 1962 | #1,212 | 83 |
| 1961 | #1,297 | 73 |
| 1960 | #1,220 | 80 |
| 1959 | #1,225 | 76 |
| 1958 | #1,196 | 79 |
| 1957 | #1,211 | 76 |
| 1956 | #1,096 | 89 |
| 1955 | #1,074 | 88 |
| 1954 | #888 | 117 |
| 1953 | #974 | 96 |
| 1952 | #983 | 92 |
| 1951 | #996 | 88 |
| 1950 | #1,099 | 70 |
| 1949 | #1,038 | 74 |
| 1948 | #1,285 | 51 |
| 1947 | #1,204 | 56 |
| 1946 | #1,050 | 65 |
| 1945 | #1,131 | 48 |
| 1944 | #1,090 | 51 |
| 1943 | #975 | 66 |
| 1942 | #979 | 64 |
| 1941 | #986 | 55 |
| 1940 | #963 | 55 |
| 1939 | #960 | 54 |
| 1938 | #923 | 59 |
| 1937 | #992 | 50 |
| 1936 | #785 | 74 |
| 1935 | #785 | 74 |
| 1934 | #710 | 87 |
| 1933 | #689 | 89 |
| 1932 | #933 | 57 |
| 1931 | #830 | 68 |
| 1930 | #831 | 73 |
| 1929 | #868 | 67 |
| 1928 | #778 | 85 |
| 1927 | #935 | 64 |
| 1926 | #804 | 81 |
| 1925 | #784 | 89 |
| 1924 | #809 | 85 |
| 1923 | #859 | 73 |
| 1922 | #969 | 59 |
| 1921 | #885 | 70 |
| 1920 | #807 | 81 |
| 1919 | #870 | 65 |
| 1918 | #739 | 93 |
| 1917 | #978 | 51 |
| 1916 | #904 | 56 |
| 1915 | #900 | 53 |
| 1914 | #919 | 41 |
| 1913 | #946 | 32 |
| 1912 | #1,003 | 26 |
| 1911 | #1,031 | 18 |
| 1910 | #1,069 | 17 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 |
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| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Bernita! It came in at #1,319, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1908, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Bernita
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
- Biggest jump: 244 spots in 1933 (#933 → #689)
- Biggest drop: 207 spots in 1937 (#785 → #992)
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1933 at #689 (89 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 39 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1913–1943
- Highest: 1 in 11,325 girls born in 1933 were named Bernita (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 363,207 girls born in 2000 (0.00%)
- 18.8% of all girls named Bernita (871) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 28 | #1,319 (1900) | #1,668 |
| 1910s | 452 | #739 (1918) | #936 |
| 1920s | 754 | #778 (1928) | #850 |
| 1930s | 685 | #689 (1933) | #844 |
| 1940s | 585 | #963 (1940) | #1,070 |
| 1950s | 871 | #888 (1954) | #1,074 |
| 1960s | 700 | #1,147 (1963) | #1,351 |
| 1970s | 322 | #1,706 (1970) | #2,664 |
| 1980s | 173 | #2,975 (1983) | #4,938 |
| 1990s | 55 | #5,549 (1990) | #10,832 |
| 2000s | 5 | #15,031 (2000) | #15,031 |
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.
Bernita in 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 16,665 of them was named Bernita, which outranked 83.6% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).