Berneta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Berneta

The Social Security Administration has registered 473 babies named Berneta between 1908 and 1970, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Berneta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1970. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Berneta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 138 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Berneta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Iowa, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Berneta in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Berneta 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 473 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.