Bernadette
#1,034 for girls in 2025, 241 births · Last seen for boys in 1983 at #6,238
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1946 · 1,321 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 54,973since 1880
Bernadette over time
Rank among girls' names. Bernadette has never cracked the top 100 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 | #1,034 | 241 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,242 | 187 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,237 | 189 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,295 | 182 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,175 | 208 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,445 | 150 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,548 | 139 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,271 | 181 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,317 | 177 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,523 | 148 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,477 | 155 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,602 | 134 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,032 | 95 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,145 | 88 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,763 | 63 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,386 | 79 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,465 | 77 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,441 | 78 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,509 | 74 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,069 | 95 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,057 | 91 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,942 | 96 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,858 | 99 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,780 | 101 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,499 | 125 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,602 | 110 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,243 | 151 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,105 | 174 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,166 | 158 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,087 | 170 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,039 | 174 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,004 | 185 | — | |
| 1993 | #895 | 215 | — | |
| 1992 | #845 | 235 | — | |
| 1991 | #845 | 237 | — | |
| 1990 | #739 | 281 | — | |
| 1989 | #810 | 235 | — | |
| 1988 | #705 | 270 | — | |
| 1987 | #653 | 288 | — | |
| 1986 | #668 | 274 | — | |
| 1985 | #673 | 268 | — | |
| 1984 | #572 | 321 | — | |
| 1983 | #520 | 365 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #478 | 436 | — | |
| 1981 | #517 | 380 | — | |
| 1980 | #484 | 434 | — | |
| 1979 | #444 | 461 | — | |
| 1978 | #432 | 462 | — | |
| 1977 | #384 | 552 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #382 | 538 | — | |
| 1975 | #381 | 545 | — | |
| 1974 | #374 | 571 | — | |
| 1973 | #351 | 606 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #349 | 637 | — | |
| 1971 | #342 | 740 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #340 | 775 | — | |
| 1969 | #311 | 836 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #287 | 922 | — | |
| 1967 | #237 | 1,217 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #255 | 1,111 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #292 | 911 | — | |
| 1964 | #304 | 934 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #285 | 1,020 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #264 | 1,136 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #256 | 1,208 | — | |
| 1960 | #226 | 1,424 | — | |
| 1959 | #227 | 1,392 | — | |
| 1958 | #213 | 1,494 | — | |
| 1957 | #281 | 989 | — | |
| 1956 | #292 | 927 | — | |
| 1955 | #278 | 960 | — | |
| 1954 | #263 | 999 | — | |
| 1953 | #273 | 912 | — | |
| 1952 | #249 | 995 | — | |
| 1951 | #245 | 990 | — | |
| 1950 | #233 | 1,043 | — | |
| 1949 | #220 | 1,141 | — | |
| 1948 | #211 | 1,185 | — | |
| 1947 | #211 | 1,253 | — | |
| 1946 | #188 | 1,321 | — | |
| 1945 | #196 | 1,016 | — | |
| 1944 | #195 | 1,035 | — | |
| 1943 | #272 | 655 | — | |
| 1942 | #364 | 373 | — | |
| 1941 | #373 | 329 | — | |
| 1940 | #364 | 323 | — | |
| 1939 | #338 | 353 | — | |
| 1938 | #331 | 367 | — | |
| 1937 | #351 | 336 | — | |
| 1936 | #309 | 382 | — | |
| 1935 | #315 | 395 | — | |
| 1934 | #252 | 619 | — | |
| 1933 | #312 | 394 | — | |
| 1932 | #360 | 315 | — | |
| 1931 | #382 | 288 | — | |
| 1930 | #379 | 323 | — | |
| 1929 | #371 | 328 | — | |
| 1928 | #351 | 371 | — | |
| 1927 | #348 | 372 | — | |
| 1926 | #350 | 368 | — | |
| 1925 | #359 | 363 | — | |
| 1924 | #368 | 347 | — | |
| 1923 | #349 | 359 | — | |
| 1922 | #356 | 339 | — | |
| 1921 | #346 | 356 | — | |
| 1920 | #360 | 330 | — | |
| 1919 | #372 | 303 | — | |
| 1918 | #389 | 283 | — | |
| 1917 | #384 | 269 | — | |
| 1916 | #393 | 253 | — | |
| 1915 | #378 | 256 | — | |
| 1914 | #377 | 201 | — | |
| 1913 | #359 | 183 | — | |
| 1912 | #387 | 142 | — | |
| 1911 | #424 | 92 | — | |
| 1910 | #402 | 96 | — | |
| 1909 | #385 | 93 | — | |
| 1908 | #370 | 95 | — | |
| 1907 | #455 | 62 | — | |
| 1906 | #458 | 55 | — | |
| 1905 | #497 | 46 | — | |
| 1904 | #484 | 46 | — | |
| 1903 | #425 | 56 | — | |
| 1902 | #425 | 53 | — | |
| 1901 | #441 | 45 | — | |
| 1900 | #494 | 47 | — | |
| 1899 | #408 | 51 | — | |
| 1898 | #441 | 48 | — | |
| 1897 | #458 | 41 | — | |
| 1896 | #409 | 49 | — | |
| 1895 | #455 | 40 | — | |
| 1894 | #504 | 32 | — | |
| 1893 | #547 | 26 | — | |
| 1892 | #590 | 22 | — | |
| 1891 | #608 | 19 | — | |
| 1890 | #578 | 20 | — | |
| 1889 | #532 | 23 | — | |
| 1888 | #636 | 16 | — | |
| 1887 | #661 | 12 | — | |
| 1886 | #731 | 10 | — | |
| 1885 | #842 | 7 | — | |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | #813 | 6 | — | |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 | — | |
| 1880 | #628 | 8 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Bernadette was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Bernadette is popular in 1971
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Mexico#77 · 1 in 311
- Hawaii#120 · 1 in 394
- Nevada#163 · 1 in 594
- Delaware#166 · 1 in 693
- Arizona#174 · 1 in 719
Best ever in a state: #21 in Hawaii, 1946.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #77 | 27 | 1 in 311 |
| Hawaii | #120 | 12 | 1 in 394 |
| Nevada | #163 | 5 | 1 in 594 |
| Delaware | #166 | 5 | 1 in 693 |
| Arizona | #174 | 21 | 1 in 719 |
| New Jersey | #182 | 50 | 1 in 929 |
| Colorado | #192 | 19 | 1 in 867 |
| Connecticut | #192 | 18 | 1 in 1,025 |
| New York | #207 | 123 | 1 in 1,018 |
| Pennsylvania | #212 | 68 | 1 in 1,182 |
| District of Columbia | #253 | 7 | 1 in 1,256 |
| Maryland | #257 | 16 | 1 in 1,465 |
| California | #272 | 106 | 1 in 1,400 |
| Illinois | #319 | 42 | 1 in 1,969 |
| Virginia | #334 | 13 | 1 in 2,543 |
| Massachusetts | #370 | 13 | 1 in 3,013 |
| Alabama | #386 | 10 | 1 in 2,658 |
| Ohio | #389 | 24 | 1 in 3,486 |
| Michigan | #410 | 20 | 1 in 3,450 |
| Florida | #418 | 16 | 1 in 2,985 |
| Minnesota | #444 | 6 | 1 in 4,512 |
| North Carolina | #450 | 10 | 1 in 4,027 |
| South Carolina | #457 | 6 | 1 in 3,457 |
| Indiana | #473 | 9 | 1 in 4,568 |
| Missouri | #523 | 7 | 1 in 4,884 |
| Louisiana | #559 | 7 | 1 in 4,164 |
| Texas | #588 | 23 | 1 in 4,515 |
| Georgia | #651 | 6 | 1 in 6,472 |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Bernadette
- 208 spots since 2024 (#1,242 → #1,034)
- 411 spots since 2020 (#1,445 → #1,034)
- 443 spots since 2015 (#1,477 → #1,034)
- Biggest jump: 111 spots in 1886 (#842 → #731)
- Biggest drop: 202 spots in 1881 (#628 → #830)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1946 at #188 (1,321 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 26 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 113 yrs · run 1884–1993
- Highest: 1 in 1,189 girls born in 1946 were named Bernadette (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,669 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 19.5% of all girls named Bernadette (10,719) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 93 | #532 (1889) | #734 |
| 1890s | 348 | #408 (1899) | #500 |
| 1900s | 598 | #370 (1908) | #443 |
| 1910s | 2,078 | #359 (1913) | #387 |
| 1920s | 3,533 | #346 (1921) | #356 |
| 1930s | 3,772 | #252 (1934) | #333 |
| 1940s | 8,631 | #188 (1946) | #259 |
| 1950s | 10,701 | #213 (1958) | #255 |
| 1960s | 10,719 | #226 (1960) | #272 |
| 1970s | 5,887 | #340 (1970) | #378 |
| 1980s | 3,271 | #478 (1982) | #608 |
| 1990s | 1,980 | #739 (1990) | #997 |
| 2000s | 946 | #1,499 (2001) | #2,022 |
| 2010s | 1,259 | #1,271 (2018) | #1,806 |
| 2020s | 1,157 | #1,034 (2025) | #1,238 |
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.
Bernadette in 1971
Top girls' names in 1971
Top boys' names in 1971
More about 1971
girls
1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 2,248 of them was named Bernadette, which outranked 96.5% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 252,635 of them was named Bernadette, which outranked 29.9% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,658Zacharia8
- #3,658Zavier8
- #3,658Zev8
- #3,963Bernadette7
- #3,963Adarryll7
- #3,963Adell7
- #3,963Adin7
- #4,375Abelino6
- #4,375Absalom6
- #4,375Acey6
Tied with 411 names at #3,963; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.