Bernetta
Bernetta was last recorded in 1989, when 6 babies were given it; 2,797 Americans have been recorded with it between 1891 and 1989 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,240 Americans named Bernetta and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (44% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 57 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Bernetta by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Bernetta?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #10,992, in 1989; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
60 babies in 1921, the peak
Bernetta peaked in 1921, when 60 girls were given it, #956 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 6 | #10,992 | 3.3 |
| 1988 | 5 | #12,000 | 2.8 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,664 | 3.5 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,827 | 2.9 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,350 | 5.9 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,851 | 6.6 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,317 | 4.1 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,285 | 7.8 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,839 | 5.4 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,434 | 10.0 |
Every recorded year (95)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 24 | #3,206 | 15.7 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,247 | 10.4 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,643 | 8.9 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,408 | 13.7 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,118 | 15.0 |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,353 | 13.0 |
| 1972 | 22 | #2,982 | 14.5 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,909 | 27.0 |
| 1970 | 33 | #2,312 | 18.9 |
| 1969 | 33 | #2,213 | 19.6 |
| 1968 | 30 | #2,207 | 18.3 |
| 1967 | 39 | #1,883 | 23.6 |
| 1966 | 37 | #1,883 | 21.9 |
| 1965 | 31 | #2,113 | 17.6 |
| 1964 | 41 | #1,837 | 21.6 |
| 1963 | 44 | #1,737 | 22.8 |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,469 | 12.2 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,670 | 22.8 |
| 1960 | 40 | #1,789 | 19.8 |
| 1959 | 50 | #1,538 | 24.7 |
| 1958 | 33 | #1,910 | 16.4 |
| 1957 | 53 | #1,458 | 25.9 |
| 1956 | 46 | #1,559 | 22.9 |
| 1955 | 50 | #1,422 | 25.6 |
| 1954 | 45 | #1,507 | 23.2 |
| 1953 | 50 | #1,372 | 26.6 |
| 1952 | 48 | #1,404 | 25.9 |
| 1951 | 50 | #1,314 | 27.8 |
| 1950 | 48 | #1,324 | 28.0 |
| 1949 | 36 | #1,546 | 21.0 |
| 1948 | 42 | #1,421 | 24.7 |
| 1947 | 35 | #1,608 | 19.7 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,649 | 18.5 |
| 1945 | 24 | #1,700 | 18.4 |
| 1944 | 32 | #1,434 | 24.1 |
| 1943 | 32 | #1,469 | 22.9 |
| 1942 | 29 | #1,534 | 21.5 |
| 1941 | 33 | #1,336 | 27.3 |
| 1940 | 31 | #1,351 | 27.1 |
| 1939 | 33 | #1,293 | 30.1 |
| 1938 | 29 | #1,386 | 26.3 |
| 1937 | 32 | #1,284 | 30.1 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,384 | 26.9 |
| 1935 | 38 | #1,137 | 36.2 |
| 1934 | 31 | #1,292 | 29.7 |
| 1933 | 30 | #1,312 | 29.8 |
| 1932 | 40 | #1,131 | 37.5 |
| 1931 | 43 | #1,075 | 40.4 |
| 1930 | 48 | #1,061 | 42.6 |
| 1929 | 36 | #1,244 | 32.2 |
| 1928 | 44 | #1,147 | 38.2 |
| 1927 | 35 | #1,364 | 29.4 |
| 1926 | 49 | #1,071 | 41.3 |
| 1925 | 42 | #1,196 | 34.5 |
| 1924 | 54 | #1,062 | 43.2 |
| 1923 | 47 | #1,113 | 39.0 |
| 1922 | 53 | #1,034 | 44.1 |
| 1921 | 60 | #956 | 48.7 |
| 1920 | 48 | #1,075 | 40.1 |
| 1919 | 47 | #1,059 | 41.6 |
| 1918 | 56 | #960 | 48.4 |
| 1917 | 53 | #953 | 49.0 |
| 1916 | 39 | #1,129 | 37.3 |
| 1915 | 50 | #934 | 50.8 |
| 1914 | 46 | #865 | 60.4 |
| 1913 | 34 | #915 | 54.4 |
| 1912 | 26 | #1,005 | 46.6 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,674 | 21.5 |
| 1910 | 18 | #1,032 | 45.4 |
| 1909 | 15 | #1,057 | 43.2 |
| 1908 | 18 | #944 | 53.8 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,107 | 15.7 |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,334 | 30.5 |
| 1905 | 11 | #1,169 | 37.7 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,919 | 18.2 |
| 1903 | 12 | #1,036 | 45.8 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,334 | 30.3 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,354 | 29.2 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,747 | 20.0 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,733 | 19.3 |
| 1896 | 12 | #960 | 50.4 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,622 | 21.4 |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,187 | 32.9 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,294 | 28.3 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,353 | 27.0 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Bernetta a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Bernetta has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 95 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Bernetta: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Bernetta, and how old are they?
1,240 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 44% of the 2,797 Americans ever recorded as Bernetta. The median Bernetta alive today is 67 years old; half are between 57 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 1,341 people named Bernetta (1,339 women and girls, 2 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,442 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 168 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 629 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 377 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 61 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Bernetta born?
The states with the most babies named Bernetta are Pennsylvania, Illinois and Ohio, with 57% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 114 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 57 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Ohio | 43 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Michigan | 38 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| North Carolina | 25 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Minnesota | 16 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Missouri | 15 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Maryland | 11 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Arkansas | 10 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Louisiana | 10 | not ranked | 0.2× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Bernetta with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 9,054 babies since 1880, Bernetta is the second most given (31% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Bernetta
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Bernetta and names like it
- Compare Bernetta and BernitaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sBernetta peaked in 1921.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Bernetta since 1910.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Bernetta.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Bernetta alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with BMost given first.