Bernard
Last seen for girls in 1993 at #9,559 · #1,362 for boys in 2025, 137 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1921 · 4,485 births
- Debut · boys
- 140 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 65 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 200,087since 1880
Bernard over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #1,362 | 137 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,318 | 147 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,473 | 122 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,289 | 148 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,307 | 143 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,250 | 148 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,251 | 150 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,141 | 168 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,170 | 160 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,169 | 163 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,216 | 151 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,179 | 158 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,100 | 168 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,195 | 150 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,101 | 168 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,108 | 172 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,027 | 189 | |
| 2008 | — | #944 | 214 | |
| 2007 | — | #934 | 212 | |
| 2006 | — | #958 | 194 | |
| 2005 | — | #832 | 223 | |
| 2004 | — | #764 | 238 | |
| 2003 | — | #791 | 220 | |
| 2002 | — | #762 | 226 | |
| 2001 | — | #689 | 261 | |
| 2000 | — | #655 | 275 | |
| 1999 | — | #649 | 266 | |
| 1998 | — | #616 | 297 | |
| 1997 | — | #579 | 319 | |
| 1996 | — | #565 | 323 | |
| 1995 | — | #496 | 431 | |
| 1994 | — | #495 | 413 | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #434 | 506 |
| 1992 | — | #421 | 530 | |
| 1991 | — | #408 | 558 | |
| 1990 | — | #430 | 516 | |
| 1989 | — | #349 | 659 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #345 | 609 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #340 | 593 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #333 | 595 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #312 | 653 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #317 | 615 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #308 | 640 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #296 | 677 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #289 | 697 |
| 1980 | — | #274 | 769 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #272 | 760 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #267 | 738 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #261 | 758 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | #249 | 793 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #242 | 847 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #238 | 858 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #226 | 945 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 | #213 | 1,047 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #205 | 1,168 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | #210 | 1,186 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | #199 | 1,284 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | #189 | 1,306 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #179 | 1,442 |
| 1966 | #2,839 | 19 | #177 | 1,522 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #170 | 1,675 |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 | #165 | 1,878 |
| 1963 | #2,960 | 18 | #165 | 1,946 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 | #161 | 1,970 |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 | #156 | 2,150 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | #152 | 2,302 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 | #152 | 2,274 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | #143 | 2,407 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 | #137 | 2,532 |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 | #129 | 2,485 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #127 | 2,560 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #123 | 2,727 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | #119 | 2,746 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #111 | 2,748 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #107 | 2,772 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 | #110 | 2,636 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #111 | 2,680 |
| 1948 | — | #107 | 2,715 | |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | #100 | 2,994 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #102 | 2,605 |
| 1945 | #2,149 | 16 | #98 | 2,388 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #94 | 2,619 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 | #92 | 2,744 |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 | #90 | 2,724 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #87 | 2,509 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #82 | 2,468 |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 | #76 | 2,624 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | #75 | 2,715 |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 | #73 | 2,672 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #68 | 2,853 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | #67 | 2,933 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | #65 | 3,146 |
| 1933 | #1,773 | 19 | #63 | 3,005 |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 | #60 | 3,252 |
| 1931 | #1,549 | 24 | #54 | 3,514 |
| 1930 | #1,607 | 24 | #52 | 3,831 |
| 1929 | #1,282 | 34 | #52 | 3,807 |
| 1928 | #1,394 | 31 | #49 | 4,067 |
| 1927 | #1,384 | 34 | #50 | 4,165 |
| 1926 | #1,772 | 23 | #49 | 4,172 |
| 1925 | #1,748 | 24 | #48 | 4,259 |
| 1924 | #2,062 | 19 | #46 | 4,505 |
| 1923 | #1,944 | 20 | #46 | 4,376 |
| 1922 | #1,682 | 25 | #46 | 4,409 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 | #45 | 4,485 |
| 1920 | #1,550 | 28 | #46 | 4,163 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | #45 | 3,915 |
| 1918 | #1,963 | 19 | #47 | 4,098 |
| 1917 | #2,100 | 16 | #49 | 3,711 |
| 1916 | #2,133 | 15 | #49 | 3,476 |
| 1915 | #1,672 | 20 | #48 | 3,302 |
| 1914 | #1,541 | 18 | #50 | 2,436 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | #52 | 1,916 |
| 1912 | — | #60 | 1,437 | |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | #54 | 777 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | #62 | 560 |
| 1909 | — | #68 | 463 | |
| 1908 | — | #70 | 414 | |
| 1907 | — | #73 | 378 | |
| 1906 | — | #74 | 343 | |
| 1905 | — | #82 | 292 | |
| 1904 | — | #72 | 326 | |
| 1903 | — | #79 | 271 | |
| 1902 | — | #83 | 259 | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | #80 | 242 |
| 1900 | — | #86 | 308 | |
| 1899 | — | #85 | 222 | |
| 1898 | — | #73 | 284 | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | #78 | 234 |
| 1896 | — | #82 | 241 | |
| 1895 | — | #77 | 259 | |
| 1894 | — | #78 | 256 | |
| 1893 | — | #84 | 217 | |
| 1892 | — | #85 | 237 | |
| 1891 | — | #85 | 187 | |
| 1890 | — | #98 | 178 | |
| 1889 | — | #81 | 215 | |
| 1888 | — | #87 | 207 | |
| 1887 | — | #97 | 159 | |
| 1886 | — | #91 | 180 | |
| 1885 | — | #91 | 160 | |
| 1884 | — | #108 | 140 | |
| 1883 | — | #96 | 141 | |
| 1882 | — | #103 | 144 | |
| 1881 | — | #96 | 130 | |
| 1880 | — | #97 | 140 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Bernard was already there! It came in at #97, and was given to 140 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2010–2025, when fewer than 180 boys a year got the name.
Where Bernard is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#37 · 1 in 187
- Vermont#38 · 1 in 150
- Maine#44 · 1 in 194
- Pennsylvania#46 · 1 in 225
- District of Columbia#47 · 1 in 253
Best ever in a state: #12 in District of Columbia, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #37 | 72 | 1 in 187 |
| Vermont | #38 | 17 | 1 in 150 |
| Maine | #44 | 33 | 1 in 194 |
| Pennsylvania | #46 | 341 | 1 in 225 |
| District of Columbia | #47 | 25 | 1 in 253 |
| Massachusetts | #48 | 110 | 1 in 279 |
| Rhode Island | #49 | 18 | 1 in 255 |
| New Hampshire | #53 | 15 | 1 in 234 |
| Michigan | #55 | 165 | 1 in 279 |
| New York | #56 | 332 | 1 in 282 |
| Illinois | #61 | 186 | 1 in 317 |
| Virginia | #61 | 86 | 1 in 284 |
| Wisconsin | #62 | 76 | 1 in 331 |
| West Virginia | #63 | 62 | 1 in 313 |
| Connecticut | #64 | 26 | 1 in 428 |
| New Jersey | #64 | 78 | 1 in 348 |
| Nebraska | #65 | 31 | 1 in 313 |
| Minnesota | #66 | 68 | 1 in 352 |
| Hawaii | #68 | 15 | 1 in 240 |
| South Dakota | #69 | 17 | 1 in 297 |
| Montana | #76 | 15 | 1 in 315 |
| Ohio | #78 | 117 | 1 in 463 |
| Kansas | #87 | 31 | 1 in 418 |
| Iowa | #91 | 41 | 1 in 513 |
| Missouri | #92 | 59 | 1 in 495 |
| North Dakota | #103 | 11 | 1 in 508 |
| Indiana | #104 | 45 | 1 in 632 |
| Florida | #116 | 25 | 1 in 619 |
| Washington | #116 | 20 | 1 in 628 |
| Colorado | #118 | 18 | 1 in 546 |
| Oregon | #135 | 10 | 1 in 790 |
| California | #141 | 60 | 1 in 878 |
| Louisiana | #146 | 29 | 1 in 780 |
| Kentucky | #150 | 32 | 1 in 892 |
| South Carolina | #166 | 20 | 1 in 1,061 |
| New Mexico | #182 | 7 | 1 in 852 |
| Arizona | #194 | 5 | 1 in 1,003 |
| Tennessee | #197 | 17 | 1 in 1,642 |
| Georgia | #203 | 20 | 1 in 1,557 |
| North Carolina | #216 | 22 | 1 in 1,681 |
| Alabama | #217 | 17 | 1 in 1,695 |
| Mississippi | #223 | 13 | 1 in 1,677 |
| Oklahoma | #229 | 13 | 1 in 1,639 |
| Texas | #301 | 30 | 1 in 2,074 |
| Arkansas | #315 | 6 | 1 in 3,209 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Bernard
- 44 spots since 2024 (#1,318 → #1,362)
- 112 spots since 2020 (#1,250 → #1,362)
- 146 spots since 2015 (#1,216 → #1,362)
- Biggest jump: 27 spots in 2004 (#791 → #764)
- Biggest drop: 126 spots in 2006 (#832 → #958)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1921 at #45 (4,485 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 40 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 65 yrs · run 1885–1945
- Top 1,000: 129 yrs · run 1880–2008
- Highest: 1 in 246 boys born in 1921 were named Bernard (0.41%)
- Latest: 1 in 12,468 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 21.2% of all boys named Bernard (42,408) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,616 | #81 (1889) | #95 |
| 1890s | 2,315 | #73 (1898) | #83 |
| 1900s | 3,296 | #68 (1909) | #77 |
| 1910s | 25,628 | #45 (1919) | #52 |
| 1920s | 42,408 | #45 (1921) | #48 |
| 1930s | 30,545 | #52 (1930) | #65 |
| 1940s | 26,446 | #82 (1940) | #96 |
| 1950s | 25,887 | #107 (1951) | #126 |
| 1960s | 17,475 | #152 (1960) | #171 |
| 1970s | 9,100 | #205 (1971) | #238 |
| 1980s | 6,507 | #274 (1980) | #316 |
| 1990s | 4,159 | #408 (1991) | #509 |
| 2000s | 2,252 | #655 (2000) | #836 |
| 2010s | 1,608 | #1,100 (2013) | #1,163 |
| 2020s | 845 | #1,250 (2020) | #1,333 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Bernard in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 163,361 of them was named Bernard, which outranked 30.3% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,208Zane8
- #3,208Zela8
- #3,208Zondra8
- #3,503Bernard7
- #3,503Adean7
- #3,503Agapita7
- #3,503Aleatha7
- #3,863Adina6
- #3,863Adra6
- #3,863Adrain6
Tied with 359 names at #3,503; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 470 of them was named Bernard, which outranked 97.9% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.