Bernadine — #15277 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Bernadine

The Social Security Administration has registered 21,927 babies named Bernadine between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bernadine currently holds the #15277 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 563 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bernadine performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 5,227 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Bernadine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 2,639 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Bernadine in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bernadine 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 21,927 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.