Berneice — girls' name

What the Data Says About Berneice

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,208 babies named Berneice between 1891 and 1976, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Berneice currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1976. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 154 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Berneice performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,080 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Berneice shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 185 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Berneice in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Berneice 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 3,208 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.