Bernardo
Bernardo is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 143 births. Its best rank was 672nd, in 1994.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1430.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1995240 births
- Best rank
- #672in 1994
- Since 1888
- 11,034people given the name
The story in the numbers
11,034 boys have been named Bernardo in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1995, with 240 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1991, and the 1990s alone account for 18%. It has spent 61 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Bernardo | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | |
| 1890s | 6 | |
| 1900s | 32 | |
| 1910s | 204 | |
| 1920s | 383 | |
| 1930s | 335 | |
| 1940s | 448 | |
| 1950s | 600 | |
| 1960s | 774 | |
| 1970s | 1,072 | |
| 1980s | 1,367 | |
| 1990s | 1,977 | |
| 2000s | 1,827 | |
| 2010s | 1,333 | |
| 2020s | 670 |
In 1995, its biggest year
Bernardo was the 683rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1995 were Michael, Matthew, Christopher, Jacob and Joshua. See all of 1995.
Names that rose and fell with Bernardo
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Agustinpeak 2001
- Gonzalopeak 2000
- Guillermopeak 1998
- Felipepeak 2001
- Franciscopeak 1993
- Marcellpeak 1991
- Isidropeak 2000
- Salvadorpeak 1992
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.