Bernestine — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bernestine

The Social Security Administration has registered 367 babies named Bernestine between 1924 and 1965, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bernestine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bernestine performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 132 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Bernestine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 48 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Bernestine in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bernestine 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 367 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.