Girls' name · since 1908
Bernarda
Bernarda has 360 recorded births since 1908 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1927 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,412 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 360
- born since 1908
- 1920s
- peak decade
Bernarda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 360 have been recorded since 1908.
Bernarda has 360 recorded births among girls since 1908, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1908 to 1995.
- #14,412 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 360 born since 1908
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bernarda ranks #14,412 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 360 born since 1908, peaking in the 1920s.
- #14,412 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 360
- born since 1908
- 1920s
- peak decade
Bernarda's 360 recorded births place it above 80.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Bernarda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bernarda splits its recorded history at 1934: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1913 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1927 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bernarda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1908–1995
- Peak year (1927)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 88 years of records
Bernarda by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (102 births, 28% of the file).
1920s was Bernarda's strongest decade.
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Bernarda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 6
1900s
6 births
- 1910s
1910s
64 births
- 1920s
1920s
102 births
- 1930s
1930s
55 births
- 1940s 31
1940s
31 births
- 1950s 32
1950s
32 births
- 1960s 24
1960s
24 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 102 births (28% of all-time use).
Bernarda by state
Where Bernarda concentrates geographically, total births since 1908
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 89 | 24.7% |
89 of 360 births nationwide.
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- Bernarda's decade-level peak was the 1920s (102 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Bernardas (89 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bernarda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1927)
Similar record span (~87 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, 1908–1995 (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 Bernarda 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.