Bern — boys' name

What the Data Says About Bern

The Social Security Administration has registered 86 babies named Bern between 1915 and 1966, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bern currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1966. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bern performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 41 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Bern shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bern 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 86 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.