Bernhard

Last seen for boys in 2021 at #10,799

Peak · boys
1887 · 10 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,671
since 1880

Bernhard over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Bernhard has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201880peak #583, 1887boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025—
2024—
2023—
2022—
2021#10,7996
2020—
2019—
2018—
2017#12,2465
2016—
2015#12,0865
2014—
2013—
2012—
2011—
2010#12,2315
2009—
2008—
2007—
2006—
2005—
2004#11,3565
2003—
2002—
2001#10,5565
2000#10,3495
1999—
1998#9,6315
1997#4,96012
1996—
1995#8,8685
1994—
1993—
1992—
1991#4,76011
1990#7,1786
1989—
1988—
1987#6,0896
1986#5,9266
1985#5,1477
1984#6,3155
1983#5,4846
1982#4,5938
1981—
1980—
1979#4,0689
1978#5,0596
1977#4,5827
1976#4,4187
1975—
1974#5,2275
1973#4,0547
1972#3,3449
1971#4,3756
1970#2,29316
1969#2,21715
1968#2,44512
1967#2,03015
1966#1,65022
1965#1,66922
1964#2,40912
1963#1,58525
1962#1,62524
1961#1,82320
1960#1,77221
1959#1,62024
1958#1,95317
1957#1,83719
1956#1,67622
1955#2,13914
1954#1,70620
1953#1,63022
1952#2,25112
1951#2,36711
1950#1,74618
1949#2,02214
1948#1,81717
1947#1,64621
1946#2,14312
1945#2,00912
1944#1,73816
1943#1,63619
1942#1,73017
1941#1,99713
1940#1,51920
1939#1,53219
1938#1,61318
1937#1,48121
1936#1,24328
1935#1,58419
1934#1,35725
1933#1,45622
1932#1,54821
1931#1,33327
1930#1,39927
1929#1,27231
1928#1,25433
1927#1,37229
1926#1,51524
1925#1,39028
1924#1,20436
1923#1,30031
1922#1,33330
1921#1,44827
1920#1,03545
1919#1,06341
1918#1,37327
1917#90050
1916#84055
1915#98041
1914#1,26022
1913#96926
1912#1,17416
1911—
1910#1,1938
1909#1,1557
1908—
1907—
1906#9278
1905#1,0027
1904—
1903—
1902—
1901—
1900#1,3105
1899#8577
1898#1,0026
1897—
1896#9826
1895#1,0795
1894#7878
1893#7059
1892#8617
1891#9635
1890—
1889#62810
1888—
1887#58310
1886#9595
1885—
1884#7647
1883#8925
1882—
1881#7816
1880#6828
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Bernhard was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Bernhard is popular in 1880

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Bernhard
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
  • Biggest jump: 376 spots in 1887 (#959 → #583)
  • Biggest drop: 473 spots in 1918 (#900 → #1,373)
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1887 at #583 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1888, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1891–1894
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,141
  • Highest: 1 in 10,141 boys born in 1887 were named Bernhard (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 291,580 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 18.8% of all boys named Bernhard (314) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s51#583 (1887)#756
1890s53#705 (1893)#905
1900s27#927 (1906)#1,099
1910s286#840 (1916)#1,084
1920s314#1,035 (1920)#1,312
1930s227#1,243 (1936)#1,455
1940s161#1,519 (1940)#1,826
1950s179#1,620 (1959)#1,893
1960s188#1,585 (1963)#1,923
1970s72#2,293 (1970)#4,158
1980s38#4,593 (1982)#5,592
1990s39#4,760 (1991)#7,079
2000s15#10,349 (2000)#10,754
2010s15#12,086 (2015)#12,188
2020s6#10,799 (2021)#10,799

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.

Bernhard in 1880

boys
#682
8 births · 1 in 13,811 boys

Top boys' names in 1880

  1. #1John9,655
  2. #2William9,532
  3. #3James5,927
  4. #4Charles5,348
  5. #5George5,126
  6. #6Frank3,242
  7. #7Joseph2,632
  8. #8Thomas2,534
  9. #9Henry2,444
  10. #10Robert2,415
  11. #682Bernhard8
More about 1880

boys

110,490 boys got a published name in 1880; 1 in 13,811 of them was named Bernhard, which outranked 35.5% of the 1,058 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 44.2% of boys (8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bernhard
  1. #640Stonewall9
  2. #640Theo9
  3. #640Tillman9
  4. #682Bernhard8
  5. #682Addie8
  6. #682Aron8
  7. #682Ashley8
  8. #745Aden7
  9. #745Alcide7
  10. #745Alf7

Tied with 62 names at #682; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

See the top 100 for 1880 →