Bernell
Last seen for girls in 1969 at #7,471 · Last seen for boys in 2019 at #10,803
Given to boys 67.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1923 · 39 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,558since 1912
Bernell over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,360 | 10 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,660 | 9 | |
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,779 | 15 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,271 | 12 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,705 | 13 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,239 | 10 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,653 | 12 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,805 | 11 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,701 | 11 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,499 | 8 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,692 | 11 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,030 | 14 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,430 | 12 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,018 | 14 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,215 | 12 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,836 | 9 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,361 | 18 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,946 | 12 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,223 | 10 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,203 | 18 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,939 | 21 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #2,130 | 16 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | — | #1,669 | 22 | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #1,729 | 21 |
| 1963 | — | #1,957 | 17 | |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | #1,669 | 23 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | #1,686 | 23 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | #2,042 | 16 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #1,593 | 24 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | #1,673 | 23 |
| 1956 | — | #1,608 | 24 | |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | #1,483 | 27 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #1,887 | 17 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | #1,508 | 25 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | #1,195 | 38 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 | #1,430 | 27 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 | #1,464 | 25 |
| 1949 | #2,514 | 16 | #1,252 | 33 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #1,378 | 28 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | #1,519 | 24 |
| 1946 | #2,153 | 19 | #1,884 | 15 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 | #1,494 | 20 |
| 1944 | #1,808 | 22 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | #1,764 | 17 |
| 1942 | #1,860 | 21 | #1,316 | 28 |
| 1941 | #2,096 | 16 | #1,411 | 23 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 | #1,680 | 17 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 | #1,219 | 29 |
| 1938 | #1,805 | 19 | #1,364 | 24 |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 | #1,444 | 22 |
| 1936 | #1,741 | 19 | #1,463 | 21 |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 | #1,929 | 14 |
| 1934 | #1,651 | 21 | #1,293 | 27 |
| 1933 | #2,052 | 15 | #1,230 | 29 |
| 1932 | #1,754 | 20 | #1,356 | 26 |
| 1931 | #1,502 | 25 | #1,770 | 17 |
| 1930 | #1,875 | 19 | #1,428 | 26 |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 | #1,339 | 28 |
| 1928 | #2,023 | 18 | #1,382 | 28 |
| 1927 | #1,587 | 27 | #1,647 | 22 |
| 1926 | #1,997 | 19 | #1,846 | 18 |
| 1925 | #1,748 | 24 | #1,870 | 18 |
| 1924 | #1,992 | 20 | #2,132 | 15 |
| 1923 | #2,169 | 17 | #1,140 | 39 |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 | #1,367 | 29 |
| 1921 | #1,723 | 25 | #1,448 | 27 |
| 1920 | #1,751 | 23 | #1,416 | 27 |
| 1919 | #2,156 | 16 | #1,531 | 23 |
| 1918 | #1,887 | 20 | #1,648 | 21 |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 | #1,900 | 16 |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | #1,698 | 18 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #1,968 | 14 |
| 1914 | — | #2,271 | 9 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,619 | 10 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Bernell! It came in at #1,619, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1995–1997, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Bernell is popular in 1936
No state had 5 or more boys named Bernell in 1936, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Bernell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1923 at #1,140 (39 births)
- Births halved by 1924, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 28,105 boys born in 1923 were named Bernell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 299,036 boys born in 2019 (0.00%)
- 16.1% of all boys named Bernell (251) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1946, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 117 | #1,531 (1919) | #1,891 |
| 1920s | 251 | #1,140 (1923) | #1,559 |
| 1930s | 235 | #1,219 (1939) | #1,450 |
| 1940s | 219 | #1,252 (1949) | #1,559 |
| 1950s | 245 | #1,195 (1952) | #1,595 |
| 1960s | 166 | #1,669 (1962) | #2,123 |
| 1970s | 127 | #1,939 (1970) | #3,160 |
| 1980s | 114 | #3,030 (1981) | #3,803 |
| 1990s | 62 | #3,779 (1990) | #6,268 |
| 2000s | 6 | #11,037 (2008) | #11,037 |
| 2010s | 16 | #10,803 (2019) | #11,758 |
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.
Bernell in 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 54,757 of them was named Bernell, which outranked 64.1% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,691Tresa20
- #1,691Vanessa20
- #1,691Zena20
- #1,741Bernell19
- #1,741Agustina19
- #1,741Argie19
- #1,741Babette19
- #1,801Abby18
- #1,801Alexandria18
- #1,801Aloha18
Tied with 59 names at #1,741; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 49,391 of them was named Bernell, which outranked 63.8% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,417Wilburt22
- #1,417Winifred22
- #1,417Woodie22
- #1,463Bernell21
- #1,463Ansel21
- #1,463Anson21
- #1,463Arnie21
- #1,505Adolf20
- #1,505Albino20
- #1,505Arnett20
Tied with 41 names at #1,463; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.