Boys' name · since 1922
Bernarr
Bernarr has 80 recorded births since 1922 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1924 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,848 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 80
- born since 1922
- 1920s
- peak decade
80 boys have been named Bernarr since 1922, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Bernarr has 80 recorded births among boys since 1922, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1922 to 1958.
- #18,848 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 80 born since 1922
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bernarr ranks #18,848 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 80 born since 1922, peaking in the 1920s.
- #18,848 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 80
- born since 1922
- 1920s
- peak decade
Bernarr's 80 recorded births place it above 58.34% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bernarr's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Bernarr's SSA record in two at 1928 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1928, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1924 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Bernarr popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–1958
- Peak year (1924)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Bernarr by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (52 births, 65% of the file).
1920s was Bernarr's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Bernarr births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
52 births
- 1930s 17
1930s
17 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 52 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Bernarr's decade-level peak was the 1920s (52 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~36 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, 1922–1958 (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 Bernarr 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.