Girls' name · since 1912
Bernadetta
199 babies named Bernadetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,847 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 199
- born since 1912
- 1960s
- peak decade
Bernadetta is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 199 have been recorded since 1912.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bernadetta has been recorded 199 times among girls since 1912, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 1975.
- #19,847 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 199 born since 1912
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bernadetta ranks #19,847 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 199 born since 1912, peaking in the 1960s.
- #19,847 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 199
- born since 1912
- 1960s
- peak decade
Bernadetta's 199 recorded births place it above 72.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bernadetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bernadetta splits its recorded history at 1941: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1920 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1918 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bernadetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–1975
- Peak year (1918)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Bernadetta by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (64 births, 32% of the file).
1960s was Bernadetta's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Bernadetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
49 births
- 1920s
1920s
46 births
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
64 births
- 1970s 19
1970s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 64 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Bernadetta's decade-level peak was the 1960s (64 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 1970s -- 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 Bernadetta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1912–1975 (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 Bernadetta 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.