Bernardine — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bernardine

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,128 babies named Bernardine between 1888 and 1978, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bernardine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 85 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bernardine performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 712 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Bernardine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 462 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Bernardine in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bernardine 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 3,128 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.