Girls' name · since 1976
Berenise
645 babies named Berenise in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,050 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 645
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Berenise sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 645 recorded since 1976.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Berenise has been recorded 645 times among girls since 1976, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2015.
- #10,050 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 645 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Berenise ranks #10,050 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 645 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #10,050 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 645
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Berenise's 645 recorded births place it above 86.09% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
Berenise's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Berenise splits its recorded history at 1996: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1976 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 45 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Berenise popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2015
- Peak year (1993)
- 45
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Berenise by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (299 births, 46% of the file).
1990s was Berenise's strongest decade.
299 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Berenise births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 81
1980s
81 births
- 1990s
1990s
299 births
- 2000s
2000s
219 births
- 2010s 35
2010s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 299 births (46% of all-time use).
How Berenise compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Berenise's total volume
Berenise by state
Where Berenise concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 241 | 37.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 51 | 7.9% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 7 | 1.1% |
241 of 645 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Berenise's decade-level peak was the 1990s (299 total births); usage has since declined to 35 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Berenises (241 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Berenise: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~39 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1976–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Berenise draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.