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
- Peak · girls
- 1898 · 37 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,513since 1883
Berenice over time
Rank among girls' names. Berenice has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,758 | 28 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,758 | 40 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,585 | 43 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,703 | 41 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,339 | 47 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,659 | 63 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,285 | 79 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,457 | 72 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,108 | 91 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,168 | 89 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,927 | 59 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,469 | 73 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,939 | 102 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,651 | 129 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,840 | 109 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,521 | 147 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,112 | 228 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,295 | 192 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,224 | 204 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,015 | 252 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,030 | 235 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,019 | 231 | — | |
| 2003 | #857 | 282 | — | |
| 2002 | #843 | 274 | — | |
| 2001 | #770 | 308 | — | |
| 2000 | #818 | 276 | — | |
| 1999 | #824 | 263 | — | |
| 1998 | #762 | 282 | — | |
| 1997 | #865 | 236 | — | |
| 1996 | #752 | 281 | — | |
| 1995 | #656 | 326 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #766 | 268 | — | |
| 1993 | #711 | 300 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #827 | 242 | — | |
| 1991 | #942 | 202 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,137 | 152 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,042 | 164 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,300 | 111 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,553 | 81 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,526 | 80 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,650 | 71 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,726 | 63 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,887 | 55 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,735 | 64 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,028 | 51 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,128 | 48 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,931 | 29 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,009 | 26 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,341 | 38 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,404 | 20 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,212 | 21 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | — | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | — | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | — | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | — | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | — | |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | — | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | — | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,882 | 19 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,965 | 17 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,845 | 18 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,153 | 14 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,606 | 22 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,913 | 17 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,442 | 26 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,877 | 18 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,941 | 17 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,499 | 27 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,487 | 27 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,338 | 33 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,035 | 55 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,069 | 49 | — | |
| 1925 | #996 | 56 | — | |
| 1924 | #903 | 70 | — | |
| 1923 | #864 | 72 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,059 | 51 | — | |
| 1921 | #892 | 68 | — | |
| 1920 | #771 | 89 | — | |
| 1919 | #771 | 83 | — | |
| 1918 | #755 | 89 | — | |
| 1917 | #708 | 95 | — | |
| 1916 | #695 | 97 | — | |
| 1915 | #648 | 104 | — | |
| 1914 | #788 | 54 | — | |
| 1913 | #721 | 52 | — | |
| 1912 | #639 | 60 | — | |
| 1911 | #634 | 46 | — | |
| 1910 | #753 | 32 | — | |
| 1909 | #731 | 30 | — | |
| 1908 | #649 | 35 | — | |
| 1907 | #710 | 28 | — | |
| 1906 | #716 | 26 | — | |
| 1905 | #797 | 21 | — | |
| 1904 | #700 | 25 | — | |
| 1903 | #539 | 36 | — | |
| 1902 | #612 | 29 | — | |
| 1901 | #577 | 29 | — | |
| 1900 | #656 | 29 | — | |
| 1899 | #616 | 25 | — | |
| 1898 | #510 | 37 | — | |
| 1897 | #644 | 23 | — | |
| 1896 | #565 | 29 | — | |
| 1895 | #638 | 23 | — | |
| 1894 | #609 | 23 | — | |
| 1893 | #594 | 23 | — | |
| 1892 | #638 | 20 | — | |
| 1891 | #608 | 19 | — | |
| 1890 | #940 | 9 | — | |
| 1889 | #567 | 20 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | #661 | 12 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | — | |
| 1885 | #842 | 7 | — | |
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 | — | |
| 1883 | #692 | 8 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#856 · 1 in 5,227
- Arizona#981 · 1 in 5,162
- Tennessee#1,053 · 1 in 5,974
- Texas#1,087 · 1 in 6,883
- New York#1,490 · 1 in 10,252
Best ever in a state: #247 in Connecticut, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #856 | 40 | 1 in 5,227 |
| Arizona | #981 | 6 | 1 in 5,162 |
| Tennessee | #1,053 | 5 | 1 in 5,974 |
| Texas | #1,087 | 23 | 1 in 6,883 |
| New York | #1,490 | 9 | 1 in 10,252 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Berenice
- 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)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1898 at #510 (37 births)
- Births halved by 1931, 33 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1889–1921
- 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
- 26.8% of all girls named Berenice (2,552) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 57 | #567 (1889) | #816 |
| 1890s | 231 | #510 (1898) | #636 |
| 1900s | 288 | #539 (1903) | #669 |
| 1910s | 712 | #634 (1911) | #711 |
| 1920s | 570 | #771 (1920) | #1,041 |
| 1930s | 190 | #1,442 (1933) | #1,859 |
| 1940s | 110 | #1,882 (1941) | #3,116 |
| 1950s | 78 | #3,052 (1950) | #4,245 |
| 1960s | 61 | #4,300 (1967) | #5,682 |
| 1970s | 182 | #2,341 (1977) | #3,851 |
| 1980s | 788 | #1,042 (1989) | #1,658 |
| 1990s | 2,552 | #656 (1995) | #824 |
| 2000s | 2,482 | #770 (2001) | #998 |
| 2010s | 950 | #1,521 (2010) | #2,137 |
| 2020s | 262 | #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 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
More about 2012
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1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 13,652 of them was named Berenice, which outranked 91.5% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,646Leilany130
- #1,646Marjorie130
- #1,646Prisha130
- #1,651Berenice129
- #1,651Andie129
- #1,651Ayah129
- #1,651Citlali129
- #1,663Audrie128
- #1,663Flora128
- #1,663Kirra128
Tied with 11 names at #1,651; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.