Bernarda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bernarda

The Social Security Administration has registered 360 babies named Bernarda between 1908 and 1995, spanning 88 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bernarda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bernarda performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Bernarda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 89 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bernarda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bernarda 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 360 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.