Bernhard
Last seen for boys in 2021 at #10,799
- Peak · boys
- 1887 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,671since 1880
Bernhard over time
Rank among boys' names. Bernhard has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #4,960 | 12 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #2,293 | 16 |
| 1969 | #2,217 | 15 |
| 1968 | #2,445 | 12 |
| 1967 | #2,030 | 15 |
| 1966 | #1,650 | 22 |
| 1965 | #1,669 | 22 |
| 1964 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #1,585 | 25 |
| 1962 | #1,625 | 24 |
| 1961 | #1,823 | 20 |
| 1960 | #1,772 | 21 |
| 1959 | #1,620 | 24 |
| 1958 | #1,953 | 17 |
| 1957 | #1,837 | 19 |
| 1956 | #1,676 | 22 |
| 1955 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1954 | #1,706 | 20 |
| 1953 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1952 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #1,746 | 18 |
| 1949 | #2,022 | 14 |
| 1948 | #1,817 | 17 |
| 1947 | #1,646 | 21 |
| 1946 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #1,738 | 16 |
| 1943 | #1,636 | 19 |
| 1942 | #1,730 | 17 |
| 1941 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1940 | #1,519 | 20 |
| 1939 | #1,532 | 19 |
| 1938 | #1,613 | 18 |
| 1937 | #1,481 | 21 |
| 1936 | #1,243 | 28 |
| 1935 | #1,584 | 19 |
| 1934 | #1,357 | 25 |
| 1933 | #1,456 | 22 |
| 1932 | #1,548 | 21 |
| 1931 | #1,333 | 27 |
| 1930 | #1,399 | 27 |
| 1929 | #1,272 | 31 |
| 1928 | #1,254 | 33 |
| 1927 | #1,372 | 29 |
| 1926 | #1,515 | 24 |
| 1925 | #1,390 | 28 |
| 1924 | #1,204 | 36 |
| 1923 | #1,300 | 31 |
| 1922 | #1,333 | 30 |
| 1921 | #1,448 | 27 |
| 1920 | #1,035 | 45 |
| 1919 | #1,063 | 41 |
| 1918 | #1,373 | 27 |
| 1917 | #900 | 50 |
| 1916 | #840 | 55 |
| 1915 | #980 | 41 |
| 1914 | #1,260 | 22 |
| 1913 | #969 | 26 |
| 1912 | #1,174 | 16 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #927 | 8 |
| 1905 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | #857 | 7 |
| 1898 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #787 | 8 |
| 1893 | #705 | 9 |
| 1892 | #861 | 7 |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #628 | 10 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #583 | 10 |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #764 | 7 |
| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #781 | 6 |
| 1880 | #682 | 8 |
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 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#201 · 1 in 1,321
- California#366 · 1 in 3,810
- New York#409 · 1 in 8,502
Best ever in a state: #201 in North Dakota, 1917.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #201 | 5 | 1 in 1,321 |
| California | #366 | 5 | 1 in 3,810 |
| New York | #409 | 10 | 1 in 8,502 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Bernhard
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 376 spots in 1887 (#959 → #583)
- Biggest drop: 473 spots in 1918 (#900 → #1,373)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1887 at #583 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1888, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1891–1894
- 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%)
- 18.8% of all boys named Bernhard (314) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 51 | #583 (1887) | #756 |
| 1890s | 53 | #705 (1893) | #905 |
| 1900s | 27 | #927 (1906) | #1,099 |
| 1910s | 286 | #840 (1916) | #1,084 |
| 1920s | 314 | #1,035 (1920) | #1,312 |
| 1930s | 227 | #1,243 (1936) | #1,455 |
| 1940s | 161 | #1,519 (1940) | #1,826 |
| 1950s | 179 | #1,620 (1959) | #1,893 |
| 1960s | 188 | #1,585 (1963) | #1,923 |
| 1970s | 72 | #2,293 (1970) | #4,158 |
| 1980s | 38 | #4,593 (1982) | #5,592 |
| 1990s | 39 | #4,760 (1991) | #7,079 |
| 2000s | 15 | #10,349 (2000) | #10,754 |
| 2010s | 15 | #12,086 (2015) | #12,188 |
| 2020s | 6 | #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 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
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925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 18,510 of them was named Bernhard, which outranked 80.4% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).