Berneda — girls' name
569 babies named Berneda in U.S. Social Security records since 1906, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Berneda was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Berneda in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Berneda
The Social Security Administration has registered 569 babies named Berneda between 1906 and 1966, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Berneda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1966. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Berneda performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 191 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Berneda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Berneda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Berneda 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 569 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.
Berneda at a glance
Last recorded 1966Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Berneda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1906
- Peak year (1921)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 61 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1966.
569 total births across 61 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 26 births in a single year.
Berneda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 191 births that decade — 34% of Berneda's all-time total
Berneda decade highlights
- Peak decade 191 births
- Runner-up 128 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Berneda's strongest decade
191 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Berneda by state
Where Berneda concentrates geographically — total births since 1906
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 39 | 6.9% |
39 of 569 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 6.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 6.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1906–1966 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.