Berna — girls' name

What the Data Says About Berna

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,466 babies named Berna between 1895 and 1991, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Berna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 48 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Berna performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 308 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Berna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Mexico and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Berna in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Berna 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 1,466 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.