Bernadine
Bernadine was given to 6 girls in 2025, #13,461 among girls’ names; 21,933 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 7,370 Americans named Bernadine and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (34% of everyone recorded); the median is 72 years old and half are between 64 and 81.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Bernadine by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Bernadine mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Bernadine is “a female given name.”
Variant of Bernardine.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Bernadine?
#13,461 among girls’ names, 2025
Bernadine entered the girls’ rankings after 2015 and stood at #13,461 in 2025.
563 babies in 1924, the peak
Bernadine peaked in 1924, when 563 girls were given it, #277 among girls’ names. The 6 births of 2025 are 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,461 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,663 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,361 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,633 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 6 | #14,063 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,645 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 8 | #12,119 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 6 | #15,258 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 6 | #15,119 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 6 | #15,257 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (136)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 8 | #12,613 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,696 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,801 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 9 | #11,048 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,763 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 5 | #16,121 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,841 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,218 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,254 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,297 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,651 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,527 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,091 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,100 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,151 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,120 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,570 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,419 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,499 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,188 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,340 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,070 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,205 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,294 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,349 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,493 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 29 | #3,018 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,751 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 37 | #2,541 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 27 | #3,083 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 34 | #2,520 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 31 | #2,671 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 30 | #2,605 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 34 | #2,362 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 54 | #1,690 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 55 | #1,648 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 49 | #1,772 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 72 | #1,446 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 91 | #1,224 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 103 | #1,093 | 0.06 |
| 1968 | 114 | #974 | 0.07 |
| 1967 | 127 | #908 | 0.08 |
| 1966 | 171 | #753 | 0.10 |
| 1965 | 173 | #757 | 0.10 |
| 1964 | 191 | #753 | 0.10 |
| 1963 | 193 | #739 | 0.10 |
| 1962 | 233 | #667 | 0.12 |
| 1961 | 229 | #688 | 0.11 |
| 1960 | 260 | #624 | 0.13 |
| 1959 | 328 | #535 | 0.16 |
| 1958 | 408 | #471 | 0.20 |
| 1957 | 421 | #461 | 0.21 |
| 1956 | 161 | #771 | 0.08 |
| 1955 | 213 | #635 | 0.11 |
| 1954 | 195 | #655 | 0.10 |
| 1953 | 235 | #574 | 0.12 |
| 1952 | 264 | #519 | 0.14 |
| 1951 | 264 | #509 | 0.15 |
| 1950 | 287 | #478 | 0.17 |
| 1949 | 304 | #459 | 0.18 |
| 1948 | 283 | #476 | 0.17 |
| 1947 | 350 | #436 | 0.20 |
| 1946 | 320 | #433 | 0.20 |
| 1945 | 282 | #423 | 0.22 |
| 1944 | 359 | #371 | 0.27 |
| 1943 | 321 | #408 | 0.23 |
| 1942 | 308 | #410 | 0.23 |
| 1941 | 333 | #369 | 0.28 |
| 1940 | 324 | #363 | 0.28 |
| 1939 | 360 | #332 | 0.33 |
| 1938 | 375 | #325 | 0.34 |
| 1937 | 383 | #316 | 0.36 |
| 1936 | 352 | #330 | 0.34 |
| 1935 | 406 | #303 | 0.39 |
| 1934 | 429 | #301 | 0.41 |
| 1933 | 436 | #289 | 0.43 |
| 1932 | 438 | #302 | 0.41 |
| 1931 | 544 | #264 | 0.51 |
| 1930 | 533 | #280 | 0.47 |
| 1929 | 481 | #301 | 0.43 |
| 1928 | 505 | #296 | 0.44 |
| 1927 | 519 | #294 | 0.44 |
| 1926 | 546 | #283 | 0.46 |
| 1925 | 541 | #289 | 0.44 |
| 1924 | 563 | #277 | 0.45 |
| 1923 | 516 | #286 | 0.43 |
| 1922 | 527 | #285 | 0.44 |
| 1921 | 560 | #281 | 0.45 |
| 1920 | 469 | #301 | 0.39 |
| 1919 | 439 | #303 | 0.39 |
| 1918 | 486 | #287 | 0.42 |
| 1917 | 408 | #305 | 0.38 |
| 1916 | 407 | #298 | 0.39 |
| 1915 | 354 | #314 | 0.36 |
| 1914 | 252 | #330 | 0.33 |
| 1913 | 196 | #347 | 0.31 |
| 1912 | 172 | #347 | 0.31 |
| 1911 | 121 | #362 | 0.29 |
| 1910 | 97 | #400 | 0.24 |
| 1909 | 99 | #368 | 0.29 |
| 1908 | 77 | #410 | 0.23 |
| 1907 | 89 | #373 | 0.28 |
| 1906 | 79 | #385 | 0.27 |
| 1905 | 57 | #447 | 0.20 |
| 1904 | 66 | #399 | 0.24 |
| 1903 | 50 | #452 | 0.19 |
| 1902 | 39 | #509 | 0.15 |
| 1901 | 33 | #531 | 0.14 |
| 1900 | 37 | #569 | 0.12 |
| 1899 | 34 | #508 | 0.15 |
| 1898 | 28 | #611 | 0.11 |
| 1897 | 20 | #701 | 0.09 |
| 1896 | 17 | #792 | 0.07 |
| 1895 | 19 | #727 | 0.08 |
| 1894 | 16 | #752 | 0.07 |
| 1893 | 14 | #800 | 0.07 |
| 1892 | 10 | #965 | 0.05 |
| 1891 | 12 | #799 | 0.06 |
| 1890 | 11 | #833 | 0.06 |
| 1889 | 17 | #621 | 0.10 |
| 1888 | 10 | #843 | 0.06 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,044 | 0.04 |
| 1886 | 12 | #661 | 0.08 |
| 1885 | 9 | #749 | 0.07 |
| 1884 | 10 | #689 | 0.08 |
| 1882 | 6 | #822 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Bernadine a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Bernadine has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 136 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Bernadine: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Bernadine, and how old are they?
7,370 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 34% of the 21,933 Americans ever recorded as Bernadine. The median Bernadine alive today is 72 years old; half are between 64 and 81.
The 2020 Census counted 9,298 people named Bernadine (9,270 women and girls, 28 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 9,356 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,900 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,950 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,100 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 208 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 116 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 42 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Bernadine born?
The states with the most babies named Bernadine are Illinois, Pennsylvania and Michigan, with 36% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 2,639 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 2,347 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Michigan | 1,459 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Ohio | 1,282 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Wisconsin | 1,157 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| New York | 950 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Louisiana | 898 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Minnesota | 769 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Iowa | 766 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Missouri | 615 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Bernadine is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Bernadine is most over-represented in Illinois: since 1910 it was given 2.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Bernadine with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 22,469 babies since 1880, Bernadine is the most given (98% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Bernadine
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Bernadine and names like it
- Compare Bernadine and BernadeneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sBernadine peaked in 1924.
- Illinois’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Bernadine since 1910.
- The top names of 1924The year the most babies were named Bernadine.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Bernadine alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with BMost given first.