Bernetha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bernetha

The Social Security Administration has registered 376 babies named Bernetha between 1912 and 1971, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bernetha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1936, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bernetha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Bernetha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 116 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bernetha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bernetha 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 376 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.