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Bernell

boys’ name · 68%girls’ name · 32%FadedCompare

Bernell is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
192339 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1912
2,308people given the name
Babies named Bernell, by year of birthboysgirls
01325385018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,558 boys have been named Bernell in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1923, with 39 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 39 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1948, and the 1920s alone account for 16%.

Bernell is used for both sexes: 32% of its bearers are girls (750), most of them born around 1927.

By decade

Decadeboys named Bernell
1910s117
1920s251
1930s235
1940s219
1950s245
1960s166
1970s127
1980s114
1990s62
2000s6
2010s16

In 1923, its biggest year

Bernell was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1923 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1923.

Names that rose and fell with Bernell

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.