Bernette — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bernette

The Social Security Administration has registered 787 babies named Bernette between 1913 and 1979, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bernette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bernette performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 158 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Bernette shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Bernette in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bernette 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 787 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.