Berenice

#4,758 for girls in 2025, 28 births · Last seen for boys in 1995 at #8,868
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1898 · 37 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,513
since 1883

Berenice over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Berenice has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201903peak #510, 1898girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,75828—
2024#3,75840—
2023#3,58543—
2022#3,70341—
2021#3,33947—
2020#2,65963—
2019#2,28579—
2018#2,45772—
2017#2,10891—
2016#2,16889—
2015#2,92759—
2014#2,46973—
2013#1,939102—
2012#1,651129—
2011#1,840109—
2010#1,521147—
2009#1,112228—
2008#1,295192—
2007#1,224204—
2006#1,015252—
2005#1,030235—
2004#1,019231—
2003#857282—
2002#843274—
2001#770308—
2000#818276—
1999#824263—
1998#762282—
1997#865236—
1996#752281—
1995#656326#8,8685
1994#766268—
1993#711300#7,6386
1992#827242—
1991#942202—
1990#1,137152—
1989#1,042164—
1988#1,300111—
1987#1,55381—
1986#1,52680—
1985#1,65071—
1984#1,72663—
1983#1,88755—
1982#1,73564—
1981#2,02851—
1980#2,12848—
1979#2,93129—
1978#3,00926—
1977#2,34138—
1976#3,28721—
1975#3,40420—
1974#3,21221—
1973#5,5809—
1972#5,4809—
1971——
1970#5,4139—
1969#6,6176—
1968#6,2466—
1967#4,30010—
1966#6,5645—
1965#4,8318—
1964#5,4747—
1963——
1962#4,8658—
1961#5,8516—
1960#6,3905—
1959#5,0317—
1958——
1957#6,0865—
1956#3,91010—
1955#4,0699—
1954#3,32512—
1953#4,5957—
1952#4,1238—
1951#4,0118—
1950#3,05212—
1949#4,6736—
1948#3,8838—
1947#3,44810—
1946#3,4309—
1945#3,1329—
1944#2,51113—
1943#3,2499—
1942#2,98610—
1941#1,88219—
1940#1,96517—
1939#1,73120—
1938#2,57911—
1937#1,84518—
1936#2,15314—
1935#1,60622—
1934#1,91317—
1933#1,44226—
1932#1,87718—
1931#1,94117—
1930#1,49927—
1929#1,48727—
1928#1,33833—
1927#1,03555—
1926#1,06949—
1925#99656—
1924#90370—
1923#86472—
1922#1,05951—
1921#89268—
1920#77189—
1919#77183—
1918#75589—
1917#70895—
1916#69597—
1915#648104—
1914#78854—
1913#72152—
1912#63960—
1911#63446—
1910#75332—
1909#73130—
1908#64935—
1907#71028—
1906#71626—
1905#79721—
1904#70025—
1903#53936—
1902#61229—
1901#57729—
1900#65629—
1899#61625—
1898#51037—
1897#64423—
1896#56529—
1895#63823—
1894#60923—
1893#59423—
1892#63820—
1891#60819—
1890#9409—
1889#56720—
1888——
1887#66112—
1886#1,1085—
1885#8427—
1884#1,0245—
1883#6928—
1882——
1881——
1880——
First appearance
1883

The first year at least five girls were named Berenice! It came in at #692, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1888, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Berenice is popular in 1903

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Berenice
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,000 spots since 2024 (#3,758 → #4,758)
  • 2,099 spots since 2020 (#2,659 → #4,758)
  • 1,831 spots since 2015 (#2,927 → #4,758)
  • Biggest jump: 447 spots in 1887 (#1,108 → #661)
  • Biggest drop: 373 spots in 1890 (#567 → #940)
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1898 at #510 (37 births)
  • Births halved by 1931, 33 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 52 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1889–1921
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,394
  • Highest: 1 in 5,394 girls born in 1995 were named Berenice (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 57,402 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #510 in 1898, was only 1 in 6,994 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 26.8% of all girls named Berenice (2,552) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s57#567 (1889)#816
1890s231#510 (1898)#636
1900s288#539 (1903)#669
1910s712#634 (1911)#711
1920s570#771 (1920)#1,041
1930s190#1,442 (1933)#1,859
1940s110#1,882 (1941)#3,116
1950s78#3,052 (1950)#4,245
1960s61#4,300 (1967)#5,682
1970s182#2,341 (1977)#3,851
1980s788#1,042 (1989)#1,658
1990s2,552#656 (1995)#824
2000s2,482#770 (2001)#998
2010s950#1,521 (2010)#2,137
2020s262#2,659 (2020)#3,634

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.

Berenice in 1903

girls
#539
36 births · 1 in 7,277 girls

Top girls' names in 1903

  1. #1Mary14,275
  2. #2Helen6,129
  3. #3Anna5,098
  4. #4Margaret5,045
  5. #5Ruth4,517
  6. #6Elizabeth3,724
  7. #7Marie3,469
  8. #8Florence3,468
  9. #9Ethel3,257
  10. #10Mildred3,088
  11. #539Berenice36
More about 1903

girls

261,970 girls got a published name in 1903; 1 in 7,277 of them was named Berenice, which outranked 74.1% of the 2,083 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Berenice
  1. #527Madie37
  2. #527Margret37
  3. #527Reva37
  4. #539Berenice36
  5. #539Celeste36
  6. #539Donnie36
  7. #539Esta36
  8. #549Albertha35
  9. #549Allene35
  10. #549Evalyn35

Tied with 9 names at #539; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1902
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,004Rafaela#1,793 → #789
  2. ↑ 957Evia#1,793 → #836
  3. ↑ 862Euphemia#1,793 → #931
  4. ↑ 758Janette#1,594 → #836
  5. ↑ 758Louis#1,594 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 889Littie#903 → #1,792
  2. ↓ 889Samantha#903 → #1,792
  3. ↓ 820Marianna#972 → #1,792
  4. ↓ 689Classie#903 → #1,592
  5. ↓ 667Venus#773 → #1,440

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1903 →