Bernhardt — boys' name

What the Data Says About Bernhardt

The Social Security Administration has registered 423 babies named Bernhardt between 1908 and 1964, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bernhardt currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bernhardt performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 139 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Bernhardt shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Bernhardt in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bernhardt 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 423 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.