Bernetta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bernetta

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,797 babies named Bernetta between 1891 and 1989, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bernetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 60 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bernetta performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 473 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Bernetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 114 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Bernetta in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bernetta 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 2,797 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.