Bernie
Last seen for girls in 1975 at #6,484 · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to boys 85.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1937 · 144 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,225since 1880
Bernie 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 | — | #8,243 | 9 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,443 | 17 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,255 | 9 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,479 | 13 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,110 | 18 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,235 | 17 | |
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,140 | 9 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,624 | 21 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,066 | 11 | |
| 2014 | — | #10,717 | 6 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,026 | 11 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,158 | 9 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,578 | 12 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,848 | 19 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,748 | 20 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,540 | 21 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,094 | 11 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,888 | 25 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,319 | 30 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,534 | 26 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,186 | 29 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,909 | 21 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,974 | 20 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,764 | 21 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,279 | 24 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,017 | 26 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,903 | 26 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,107 | 23 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,191 | 21 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,618 | 28 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,697 | 26 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,253 | 33 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,544 | 27 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,170 | 33 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,993 | 36 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,367 | 25 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,215 | 26 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,837 | 33 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,524 | 43 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,630 | 36 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,787 | 31 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,929 | 28 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,602 | 37 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,410 | 45 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,270 | 52 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,229 | 53 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,027 | 70 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,179 | 53 | |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #1,084 | 60 |
| 1974 | — | #1,091 | 57 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #941 | 73 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #877 | 84 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | #947 | 74 |
| 1970 | — | #861 | 87 | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #812 | 90 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | #799 | 86 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | #735 | 100 |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 | #747 | 98 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | #681 | 119 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | #610 | 165 |
| 1963 | #2,864 | 19 | #614 | 160 |
| 1962 | #2,210 | 29 | #551 | 204 |
| 1961 | #2,150 | 30 | #542 | 215 |
| 1960 | #1,925 | 35 | #522 | 231 |
| 1959 | #1,820 | 37 | #582 | 183 |
| 1958 | #1,872 | 34 | #531 | 210 |
| 1957 | #1,491 | 51 | #582 | 175 |
| 1956 | #2,321 | 23 | #608 | 154 |
| 1955 | #2,156 | 25 | #645 | 133 |
| 1954 | #1,769 | 34 | #611 | 146 |
| 1953 | #1,872 | 29 | #627 | 130 |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 | #623 | 127 |
| 1951 | #1,805 | 29 | #646 | 120 |
| 1950 | #2,053 | 22 | #606 | 127 |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 | #580 | 134 |
| 1948 | #2,491 | 16 | #532 | 155 |
| 1947 | #1,863 | 27 | #509 | 176 |
| 1946 | #1,508 | 34 | #541 | 140 |
| 1945 | #1,482 | 30 | #527 | 128 |
| 1944 | #1,661 | 25 | #514 | 138 |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 | #529 | 142 |
| 1942 | #1,804 | 22 | #524 | 135 |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 | #485 | 146 |
| 1940 | #1,682 | 22 | #545 | 116 |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 | #524 | 119 |
| 1938 | #1,475 | 26 | #478 | 145 |
| 1937 | #1,416 | 27 | #468 | 144 |
| 1936 | #2,153 | 14 | #504 | 127 |
| 1935 | #1,244 | 33 | #490 | 135 |
| 1934 | #1,409 | 27 | #484 | 140 |
| 1933 | #1,773 | 19 | #495 | 128 |
| 1932 | #1,213 | 35 | #504 | 130 |
| 1931 | #1,549 | 24 | #550 | 113 |
| 1930 | #1,748 | 21 | #618 | 99 |
| 1929 | #1,892 | 19 | #649 | 90 |
| 1928 | #1,502 | 28 | #588 | 110 |
| 1927 | #1,771 | 23 | #684 | 89 |
| 1926 | #1,388 | 33 | #612 | 105 |
| 1925 | #1,443 | 32 | #628 | 101 |
| 1924 | #1,566 | 29 | #691 | 89 |
| 1923 | #1,520 | 29 | #644 | 99 |
| 1922 | #1,682 | 25 | #678 | 91 |
| 1921 | #1,668 | 26 | #687 | 89 |
| 1920 | #1,952 | 20 | #674 | 90 |
| 1919 | #1,989 | 18 | #603 | 100 |
| 1918 | #1,360 | 32 | #748 | 74 |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 | #674 | 79 |
| 1916 | #1,805 | 19 | #620 | 88 |
| 1915 | #1,523 | 23 | #671 | 75 |
| 1914 | #1,262 | 24 | #712 | 53 |
| 1913 | #1,176 | 22 | #696 | 43 |
| 1912 | #1,218 | 19 | #755 | 33 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 | #584 | 27 |
| 1910 | #1,521 | 10 | #621 | 22 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | #756 | 14 |
| 1908 | #1,004 | 16 | #585 | 19 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | #511 | 21 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | #709 | 12 |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | #549 | 18 |
| 1904 | — | #647 | 13 | |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 | #783 | 9 |
| 1902 | — | #521 | 17 | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | #596 | 12 |
| 1900 | #1,171 | 11 | #555 | 19 |
| 1899 | — | #661 | 10 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 | #787 | 8 |
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1894 | — | #567 | 13 | |
| 1893 | — | #650 | 10 | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | #572 | 13 |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | #700 | 8 |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | #533 | 13 |
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | — | #554 | 13 | |
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #694 | 8 | |
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | #576 | 11 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Bernie was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Bernie is popular in 1900
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Bernie
- 2,800 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #8,243)
- 3,008 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #8,243)
- 1,177 spots since 2015 (#7,066 → #8,243)
- Biggest jump: 460 spots in 1899 (#1,121 → #661)
- Biggest drop: 545 spots in 1896 (#556 → #1,101)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1937 at #468 (144 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 37 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1899–1973
- Highest: 1 in 6,992 boys born in 1907 were named Bernie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #468 in 1937, was only 1 in 7,407 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.3% of all boys named Bernie (1,505) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1897, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 72 | #554 (1888) | #737 |
| 1890s | 99 | #533 (1890) | #725 |
| 1900s | 154 | #511 (1907) | #621 |
| 1910s | 594 | #584 (1911) | #668 |
| 1920s | 953 | #588 (1928) | #654 |
| 1930s | 1,280 | #468 (1937) | #512 |
| 1940s | 1,410 | #485 (1941) | #529 |
| 1950s | 1,505 | #531 (1958) | #606 |
| 1960s | 1,468 | #522 (1960) | #661 |
| 1970s | 663 | #861 (1970) | #1,051 |
| 1980s | 340 | #1,410 (1980) | #1,829 |
| 1990s | 267 | #2,170 (1990) | #2,778 |
| 2000s | 224 | #3,186 (2003) | #4,196 |
| 2010s | 113 | #4,624 (2016) | #7,611 |
| 2020s | 83 | #5,110 (2021) | #6,461 |
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.
Bernie in 1900
Top girls' names in 1900
Top boys' names in 1900
More about 1900
girls
299,784 girls got a published name in 1900; 1 in 27,253 of them was named Bernie, which outranked 47.3% of the 2,223 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,106Vincenza12
- #1,106Violetta12
- #1,106Will12
- #1,171Bernie11
- #1,171Azalee11
- #1,171Bert11
- #1,171Burnice11
- #1,231Adda10
- #1,231Ardena10
- #1,231Ary10
Tied with 59 names at #1,171; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 940Rosia#1,596 → #656
- ↑ 763Josiephine#1,596 → #833
- ↑ 763Lelar#1,596 → #833
- ↑ 736Carmel#1,596 → #860
- ↑ 722Gloria#1,278 → #556
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 7,920 of them was named Bernie, which outranked 63.1% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).