Bernerd — boys' name

What the Data Says About Bernerd

The Social Security Administration has registered 527 babies named Bernerd between 1911 and 1976, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bernerd currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1976. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bernerd performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 151 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Bernerd shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bernerd in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bernerd 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 527 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.