Bernardine
Last seen for girls in 1978 at #9,750
- Peak · girls
- 1931 · 75 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,128since 1888
Bernardine over time
Rank among girls' names. Bernardine has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 |
| 1966 | #2,586 | 22 |
| 1965 | #2,833 | 19 |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 |
| 1963 | #2,704 | 21 |
| 1962 | #2,312 | 27 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 |
| 1960 | #1,887 | 36 |
| 1959 | #2,021 | 31 |
| 1958 | #1,578 | 46 |
| 1957 | #1,262 | 69 |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 |
| 1955 | #2,063 | 27 |
| 1954 | #2,240 | 23 |
| 1953 | #1,872 | 29 |
| 1952 | #1,746 | 32 |
| 1951 | #2,016 | 24 |
| 1950 | #1,524 | 37 |
| 1949 | #1,323 | 48 |
| 1948 | #1,185 | 58 |
| 1947 | #1,290 | 50 |
| 1946 | #1,107 | 59 |
| 1945 | #1,332 | 36 |
| 1944 | #937 | 68 |
| 1943 | #1,143 | 50 |
| 1942 | #997 | 61 |
| 1941 | #1,052 | 48 |
| 1940 | #887 | 65 |
| 1939 | #960 | 54 |
| 1938 | #1,007 | 50 |
| 1937 | #882 | 61 |
| 1936 | #951 | 52 |
| 1935 | #925 | 56 |
| 1934 | #888 | 59 |
| 1933 | #820 | 66 |
| 1932 | #801 | 72 |
| 1931 | #777 | 75 |
| 1930 | #808 | 77 |
| 1929 | #842 | 71 |
| 1928 | #862 | 71 |
| 1927 | #810 | 81 |
| 1926 | #829 | 78 |
| 1925 | #800 | 85 |
| 1924 | #868 | 74 |
| 1923 | #953 | 60 |
| 1922 | #949 | 61 |
| 1921 | #845 | 77 |
| 1920 | #1,005 | 54 |
| 1919 | #890 | 62 |
| 1918 | #791 | 81 |
| 1917 | #859 | 64 |
| 1916 | #802 | 72 |
| 1915 | #900 | 53 |
| 1914 | #901 | 42 |
| 1913 | #925 | 33 |
| 1912 | #1,080 | 23 |
| 1911 | #932 | 22 |
| 1910 | #896 | 23 |
| 1909 | #935 | 19 |
| 1908 | #912 | 19 |
| 1907 | #898 | 18 |
| 1906 | #1,101 | 12 |
| 1905 | #968 | 15 |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 |
| 1903 | #862 | 16 |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 |
| 1899 | #983 | 11 |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 |
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 |
| 1887 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Bernardine! It came in at #1,276, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1889, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Bernardine is popular in 1939
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#406 · 1 in 6,024
- Illinois#415 · 1 in 5,372
Best ever in a state: #205 in Maryland, 1930.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Pennsylvania | #406 | 12 | 1 in 6,024 |
| Illinois | #415 | 10 | 1 in 5,372 |
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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 Bernardine
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1978
- Biggest jump: 458 spots in 1903 (#1,320 → #862)
- Biggest drop: 502 spots in 1904 (#862 → #1,364)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1931 at #777 (75 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1921–1937
- Highest: 1 in 14,196 girls born in 1931 were named Bernardine (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 306,372 girls born in 1978 (0.00%)
- 22.8% of all girls named Bernardine (712) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,276 (1888) | #1,276 |
| 1890s | 74 | #872 (1890) | #1,071 |
| 1900s | 128 | #862 (1903) | #1,147 |
| 1910s | 475 | #791 (1918) | #898 |
| 1920s | 712 | #800 (1925) | #876 |
| 1930s | 622 | #777 (1931) | #882 |
| 1940s | 543 | #887 (1940) | #1,125 |
| 1950s | 333 | #1,262 (1957) | #1,937 |
| 1960s | 187 | #1,887 (1960) | #3,255 |
| 1970s | 49 | #5,818 (1970) | #7,045 |
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.
Bernardine in 1939
Top girls' names in 1939
More about 1939
girls
1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 20,308 of them was named Bernardine, which outranked 80.6% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).