Berneice

Last seen for girls in 1976 at #9,284

Peak · girls
1918 · 154 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,208
since 1891

Berneice over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201907peak #574, 1918girls
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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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1976#9,2845
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1970#7,9955
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1966#6,5645
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1964#6,0096
1963#6,5925
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1961#5,3097
1960#4,4379
1959#3,61912
1958#3,74711
1957#3,30913
1956#4,8377
1955#4,7407
1954#3,49011
1953#2,92114
1952#3,7969
1951#2,57716
1950#2,65215
1949#2,62015
1948#2,12621
1947#2,89813
1946#2,15319
1945#1,69924
1944#1,60926
1943#1,49231
1942#1,41333
1941#1,47228
1940#1,27234
1939#1,19437
1938#1,12741
1937#1,16038
1936#92954
1935#1,03944
1934#91756
1933#90456
1932#74083
1931#77775
1930#90964
1929#76483
1928#77885
1927#715102
1926#78385
1925#712107
1924#643135
1923#692112
1922#639131
1921#684117
1920#650123
1919#597139
1918#574154
1917#615123
1916#647110
1915#607116
1914#71066
1913#57977
1912#66357
1911#82527
1910#67939
1909#76128
1908#75526
1907#84020
1906#79321
1905#79721
1904#68226
1903#66625
1902#93614
1901#79517
1900#86019
1899#87814
1898#1,1719
1897#1,2637
1896#1,2927
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1894#1,3536
1893#1,2776
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First appearance
1891

The first year at least five girls were named Berneice! It came in at #1,332, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1891–1892, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Berneice is popular in 1907

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Berneice
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1976
  • Biggest jump: 293 spots in 1899 (#1,171 → #878)
  • Biggest drop: 231 spots in 1937 (#929 → #1,160)
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1891
  • Peaked 1918 at #574 (154 births)
  • Births halved by 1930, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 37 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1899–1934
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,517
  • Highest: 1 in 7,517 girls born in 1918 were named Berneice (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 293,020 girls born in 1976 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 33.7% of all girls named Berneice (1,080) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s54#878 (1899)#1,224
1900s217#666 (1903)#789
1910s908#574 (1918)#650
1920s1,080#639 (1922)#706
1930s548#740 (1932)#970
1940s244#1,272 (1940)#1,875
1950s115#2,577 (1951)#3,569
1960s32#4,437 (1960)#5,782
1970s10#7,995 (1970)#8,640

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.

Berneice in 1907

girls
#840
20 births · 1 in 15,928 girls

Top girls' names in 1907

  1. #1Mary17,580
  2. #2Helen7,579
  3. #3Margaret6,713
  4. #4Anna5,575
  5. #5Ruth5,573
  6. #6Dorothy4,967
  7. #7Elizabeth4,624
  8. #8Mildred4,277
  9. #9Alice4,107
  10. #10Marie3,880
  11. #840Berneice20
More about 1907

girls

318,564 girls got a published name in 1907; 1 in 15,928 of them was named Berneice, which outranked 65.0% of the 2,399 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Berneice
  1. #819Vincenza21
  2. #819Vivien21
  3. #819Walter21
  4. #840Berneice20
  5. #840Aurore20
  6. #840Beula20
  7. #840Bonita20
  8. #871Angelita19
  9. #871Annetta19
  10. #871Betsy19

Tied with 30 names at #840; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1906
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,028Lota#1,951 → #923
  2. ↑ 1,028Tula#1,951 → #923
  3. ↑ 961Cleda#1,951 → #990
  4. ↑ 961Ingrid#1,951 → #990
  5. ↑ 961Santa#1,951 → #990
Fallers
  1. ↓ 926Macy#895 → #1,821
  2. ↓ 742Libbie#642 → #1,384
  3. ↓ 736Hertha#776 → #1,512
  4. ↓ 719Zadie#793 → #1,512
  5. ↓ 674Anabel#965 → #1,639

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

See the top 100 for 1907 →