Berenice — #3748 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Berenice

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,485 babies named Berenice between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Berenice currently holds the #3748 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 326 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Berenice performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 2,552 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Berenice shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,024 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Berenice in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Berenice in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 9,485 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.