Boys' name · since 1915
Berne
48 babies named Berne in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1931. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,416 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 48
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Berne sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 48 recorded since 1915.
Berne has 48 recorded births among boys since 1915, 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 1915 to 1954.
- #22,416 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 48 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Berne ranks #22,416 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 48 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #22,416 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 48
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Berne's 48 recorded births place it above 50.45% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Berne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Berne's SSA record in two at 1930 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1915, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1931 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Berne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1954
- Peak year (1931)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Berne by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (16 births, 33% of the file).
1920s was Berne's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Berne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
16 births
- 1930s
1930s
12 births
- 1940s
1940s
10 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 16 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Berne's decade-level peak was the 1920s (16 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Berne: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1931)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1915–1954 (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 Berne 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.