Bernardine
Bernardine is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 777th, in 1931.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192585 births
- Best rank
- #777in 1931
- Since 1888
- 3,128people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,128 girls have been named Bernardine in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1925, with 85 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 85 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1932, and the 1920s alone account for 23%. It has spent 38 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Bernardine | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 74 | |
| 1900s | 128 | |
| 1910s | 475 | |
| 1920s | 712 | |
| 1930s | 622 | |
| 1940s | 543 | |
| 1950s | 333 | |
| 1960s | 187 | |
| 1970s | 49 |
In 1925, its biggest year
Bernardine was the 800th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1925 were Mary, Dorothy, Betty, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1925.
Names that rose and fell with Bernardine
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rethapeak 1924
- Rebapeak 1925
- Ouidapeak 1924
- Williapeak 1928
- Wavapeak 1924
- Cletapeak 1935
- Florettapeak 1930
- Ardellpeak 1922
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.