Bernece — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bernece

The Social Security Administration has registered 405 babies named Bernece between 1902 and 1939, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bernece currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1939. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bernece performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 156 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Bernece shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bernece in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bernece 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 405 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.