Bernardette — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bernardette

The Social Security Administration has registered 232 babies named Bernardette between 1935 and 1995, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bernardette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bernardette performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Bernardette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bernardette in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bernardette 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 232 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.