Girls' name · since 1907
Bernadene
Bernadene has 482 recorded births since 1907 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1920 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,129 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 482
- born since 1907
- 1920s
- peak decade
Bernadene sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 482 recorded since 1907.
Bernadene has 482 recorded births among girls since 1907, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1907 to 1963.
- #12,129 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 482 born since 1907
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bernadene ranks #12,129 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 482 born since 1907, peaking in the 1920s.
- #12,129 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 482
- born since 1907
- 1920s
- peak decade
Bernadene's 482 recorded births place it above 83.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bernadene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Bernadene's SSA record in two at 1932 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1907, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1920 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Bernadene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1907–1963
- Peak year (1920)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Bernadene by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (169 births, 35% of the file).
1920s was Bernadene's strongest decade.
169 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Bernadene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
85 births
- 1920s
1920s
169 births
- 1930s
1930s
114 births
- 1940s 58
1940s
58 births
- 1950s 29
1950s
29 births
- 1960s 22
1960s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 169 births (35% of all-time use).
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What to do with Bernadene's data
- Bernadene's decade-level peak was the 1920s (169 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bernadene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~56 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1907–1963 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bernadene draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.