Bernida — girls' name
23 babies named Bernida in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
52% of everyone ever named Bernida was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Bernida in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bernida
The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Bernida between 1917 and 1971, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bernida currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bernida performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Bernida shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bernida 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 23 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.
Bernida at a glance
Last recorded 1971Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bernida popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1917
- Peak year (1917)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1971.
23 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 6 births in a single year.
Bernida by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 12 births that decade — 52% of Bernida's all-time total
Bernida decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Bernida's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–1971 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.