Bernabe
Bernabe was given to 17 boys in 2025, #5,418 among boys’ names; 1,824 Americans have been recorded with it since 1916 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,370 Americans named Bernabe and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (75% of everyone recorded); the median is 35 years old and half are between 22 and 51.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Bernabe by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Bernabe mean?
Wiktionary, Tagalog section
Bernabe is “a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Barnabas”
Borrowed from Spanish Bernabé.
/beɾnaˈbe/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Tagalog section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Bernabe?
#5,418 among boys’ names, 2025
Bernabe rose from #6,371 in 2015 to #5,418 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 6.8 to 10.0 per million.
37 babies in 1993, the peak
Bernabe peaked in 1993, when 37 boys were given it, #2,120 among boys’ names. The 17 births of 2025 are 46% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,418 | 10.0 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,909 | 11.6 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,578 | 7.6 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,320 | 6.3 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,145 | 6.3 |
| 2020 | 14 | #6,013 | 8.1 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,372 | 9.5 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,571 | 8.8 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,832 | 8.1 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,661 | 5.3 |
Every recorded year (110)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13 | #6,371 | 6.8 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,122 | 5.7 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,688 | 7.9 |
| 2012 | 14 | #6,027 | 7.4 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,291 | 6.8 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,273 | 8.9 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,441 | 11.1 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,079 | 8.8 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,909 | 12.5 |
| 2006 | 26 | #3,796 | 12.7 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,721 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,867 | 11.6 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,627 | 12.1 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,048 | 10.3 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,326 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,305 | 12.7 |
| 1999 | 36 | #2,463 | 18.7 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,497 | 11.0 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,070 | 12.7 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,921 | 13.2 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,849 | 13.1 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,856 | 12.9 |
| 1993 | 37 | #2,120 | 18.9 |
| 1992 | 29 | #2,466 | 14.5 |
| 1991 | 31 | #2,292 | 15.3 |
| 1990 | 24 | #2,700 | 11.7 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,822 | 7.0 |
| 1988 | 26 | #2,305 | 13.6 |
| 1987 | 31 | #1,973 | 16.6 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,098 | 14.7 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,951 | 8.7 |
| 1984 | 28 | #1,935 | 15.5 |
| 1983 | 27 | #1,960 | 15.1 |
| 1982 | 27 | #2,001 | 14.9 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,950 | 15.6 |
| 1980 | 19 | #2,541 | 10.7 |
| 1979 | 34 | #1,675 | 19.7 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,209 | 12.8 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,055 | 7.9 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,717 | 9.6 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,371 | 11.5 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,813 | 8.3 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,047 | 12.8 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,831 | 7.4 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,288 | 9.6 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,747 | 6.5 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,700 | 6.2 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,926 | 5.2 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,911 | 9.7 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,891 | 9.5 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,189 | 7.5 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,733 | 10.5 |
| 1963 | 18 | #1,904 | 8.9 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,680 | 4.8 |
| 1961 | 19 | #1,882 | 8.9 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,327 | 6.1 |
| 1959 | 12 | #2,428 | 5.6 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,269 | 6.1 |
| 1957 | 13 | #2,284 | 6.0 |
| 1956 | 13 | #2,274 | 6.1 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,311 | 5.8 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,051 | 7.4 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,724 | 4.6 |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,388 | 5.7 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,509 | 5.3 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,943 | 8.4 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,349 | 6.2 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,035 | 8.0 |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,893 | 4.4 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,549 | 5.5 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,259 | 7.4 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,322 | 7.3 |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,574 | 6.3 |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,546 | 6.5 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,093 | 9.8 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,339 | 8.6 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,469 | 8.1 |
| 1938 | 13 | #1,989 | 11.7 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,762 | 15.0 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,310 | 9.6 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,260 | 10.6 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,135 | 11.6 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,380 | 10.1 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,656 | 8.6 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,776 | 16.4 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,535 | 21.0 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,738 | 17.7 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,170 | 12.6 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,539 | 9.8 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,153 | 7.2 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,014 | 14.3 |
| 1924 | 19 | #1,845 | 16.8 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,238 | 12.8 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,365 | 4.6 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,648 | 10.0 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,472 | 11.3 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,692 | 10.2 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,900 | 8.9 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,591 | 6.5 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,745 | 10.1 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Bernabe a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Bernabe has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 110 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Bernabe: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Bernabe, and how old are they?
1,370 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 75% of the 1,824 Americans ever recorded as Bernabe. The median Bernabe alive today is 35 years old; half are between 22 and 51.
The 2020 Census counted 3,952 people named Bernabe (161 women and girls, 3,791 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,362 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.9 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 37 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 166 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 232 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 399 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 354 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 182 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Bernabe born?
The states with the most babies named Bernabe are Texas, California and New Mexico, with 100% of its births recorded by state since 1910; New Mexico is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 506 | not ranked | 3.6× |
| California | 330 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| New Mexico | 22 | not ranked | 1.8× |
Where Bernabe is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Bernabe is most over-represented in Texas: since 1916 it was given 3.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Bernabe with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Bernabe
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Bernabe and names like it
- Compare Bernabe and SerafinBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sBernabe peaked in 1993.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Bernabe since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Bernabe: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1993The year the most babies were named Bernabe.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Bernabe alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with BMost given first.