Bernadetta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bernadetta

The Social Security Administration has registered 199 babies named Bernadetta between 1912 and 1975, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bernadetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1975. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bernadetta performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Bernadetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bernadetta 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 199 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.