Recorded 1994–2009 Girls' name Peak 2003 99 births

Berenize — girls' name

99 babies named Berenize in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s422000s57
2000s
Peak decade

58% of everyone ever named Berenize was born in this single decade.

2003
Single peak year

12 babies were named Berenize in 2003 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Berenize

The Social Security Administration has registered 99 babies named Berenize between 1994 and 2009, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Berenize currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Berenize performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Berenize shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 19 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Berenize in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Berenize 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 99 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.

Berenize at a glance

Last recorded 2009

Total births

99

Since 1994

16 years of records

Peak year

2003

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2009

Active since

1994

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 2009

Berenize popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1994

Last recorded 2009
Peak year (2003)
12
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
468101214 2009200520022000199819961994 9

Berenize by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
57 births that decade — 58% of Berenize's all-time total
1990s422000s57

Berenize by state

Where Berenize concentrates geographically — total births since 1994

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Berenize
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
19 19.2%
California share of Berenize's total US births 19.2%

19 of 99 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Berenize?
99 babies have been named Berenize since 1994. It was last recorded in 2009. The peak year was 2003 with 12 births.
When was Berenize most popular?
Berenize was most popular in the 2000s decade with 57 total births. The single peak year was 2003.
Where is Berenize most popular?
The top states for the name Berenize are California (19 births).
How long has the name Berenize been used?
Berenize has been recorded in Social Security data since 1994, spanning 16 years of data through 2009.
What names are similar to Berenize?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Bertha, Bernice, Bernadette, Bernadine, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.