Berniece — girls' name

What the Data Says About Berniece

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,909 babies named Berniece between 1886 and 2013, spanning 128 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Berniece currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 476 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Berniece performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 3,417 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Berniece shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Missouri, which accounts for 598 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Iowa. In total, SSA state-level files list Berniece in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Berniece 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 9,909 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.