Bernadean — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bernadean

The Social Security Administration has registered 521 babies named Bernadean between 1913 and 1972, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bernadean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bernadean performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 169 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Bernadean shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Nebraska, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bernadean in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bernadean 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 521 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.