Bernetta
Last seen for girls in 1989 at #10,847
- Peak · girls
- 1914 · 46 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,797since 1891
Bernetta over time
Rank among girls' names. Bernetta has never cracked the top 800 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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| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 |
| 1978 | #3,196 | 24 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 |
| 1975 | #3,404 | 20 |
| 1974 | #3,110 | 22 |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 |
| 1971 | #1,906 | 45 |
| 1970 | #2,307 | 33 |
| 1969 | #2,208 | 33 |
| 1968 | #2,205 | 30 |
| 1967 | #1,881 | 39 |
| 1966 | #1,882 | 37 |
| 1965 | #2,110 | 31 |
| 1964 | #1,836 | 41 |
| 1963 | #1,738 | 44 |
| 1962 | #2,463 | 24 |
| 1961 | #1,666 | 46 |
| 1960 | #1,789 | 40 |
| 1959 | #1,537 | 50 |
| 1958 | #1,908 | 33 |
| 1957 | #1,458 | 53 |
| 1956 | #1,560 | 46 |
| 1955 | #1,423 | 50 |
| 1954 | #1,505 | 45 |
| 1953 | #1,373 | 50 |
| 1952 | #1,402 | 48 |
| 1951 | #1,314 | 50 |
| 1950 | #1,324 | 48 |
| 1949 | #1,543 | 36 |
| 1948 | #1,422 | 42 |
| 1947 | #1,602 | 35 |
| 1946 | #1,647 | 29 |
| 1945 | #1,699 | 24 |
| 1944 | #1,433 | 32 |
| 1943 | #1,467 | 32 |
| 1942 | #1,533 | 29 |
| 1941 | #1,335 | 33 |
| 1940 | #1,347 | 31 |
| 1939 | #1,291 | 33 |
| 1938 | #1,382 | 29 |
| 1937 | #1,282 | 32 |
| 1936 | #1,375 | 28 |
| 1935 | #1,135 | 38 |
| 1934 | #1,292 | 31 |
| 1933 | #1,311 | 30 |
| 1932 | #1,130 | 40 |
| 1931 | #1,074 | 43 |
| 1930 | #1,059 | 48 |
| 1929 | #1,244 | 36 |
| 1928 | #1,147 | 44 |
| 1927 | #1,362 | 35 |
| 1926 | #1,069 | 49 |
| 1925 | #1,196 | 42 |
| 1924 | #1,058 | 54 |
| 1923 | #1,111 | 47 |
| 1922 | #1,030 | 53 |
| 1921 | #955 | 60 |
| 1920 | #1,074 | 48 |
| 1919 | #1,057 | 47 |
| 1918 | #960 | 56 |
| 1917 | #952 | 53 |
| 1916 | #1,127 | 39 |
| 1915 | #934 | 50 |
| 1914 | #864 | 46 |
| 1913 | #913 | 34 |
| 1912 | #1,003 | 26 |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 |
| 1910 | #1,030 | 18 |
| 1909 | #1,052 | 15 |
| 1908 | #939 | 18 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 |
| 1905 | #1,162 | 11 |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 |
| 1903 | #1,027 | 12 |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #950 | 12 |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Bernetta! It came in at #1,332, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1895, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Bernetta is popular in 1953
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#403 · 1 in 3,887
- Illinois#776 · 1 in 15,739
Best ever in a state: #238 in Michigan, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Arkansas | #403 | 5 | 1 in 3,887 |
| Illinois | #776 | 6 | 1 in 15,739 |
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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 Bernetta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1989
- Biggest jump: 1,122 spots in 1908 (#2,061 → #939)
- Biggest drop: 193 spots in 1916 (#934 → #1,127)
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1914 at #864 (46 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 58 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1913–1915
- Highest: 1 in 16,556 girls born in 1914 were named Bernetta (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 307,259 girls born in 1989 (0.00%)
- 16.9% of all girls named Bernetta (473) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 40 | #950 (1896) | #1,338 |
| 1900s | 96 | #939 (1908) | #1,382 |
| 1910s | 378 | #864 (1914) | #1,050 |
| 1920s | 468 | #955 (1921) | #1,125 |
| 1930s | 352 | #1,059 (1930) | #1,233 |
| 1940s | 323 | #1,335 (1941) | #1,503 |
| 1950s | 473 | #1,314 (1951) | #1,480 |
| 1960s | 365 | #1,666 (1961) | #1,978 |
| 1970s | 230 | #1,906 (1971) | #3,351 |
| 1980s | 72 | #5,254 (1981) | #8,361 |
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.
Bernetta in 1953
Top girls' names in 1953
More about 1953
girls
1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 37,626 of them was named Bernetta, which outranked 78.9% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,358Penni51
- #1,358Ricky51
- #1,358Rozanne51
- #1,373Bernetta50
- #1,373Carin50
- #1,373Cecily50
- #1,373Cherlyn50
- #1,389Adriana49
- #1,389Bunny49
- #1,389Darcel49
Tied with 15 names at #1,373; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.