Girls' name · since 1983
Bernisha
Bernisha has 88 recorded births since 1983 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,527 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
88 girls have been named Bernisha since 1983, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bernisha has been recorded 88 times among girls since 1983, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2000.
- #28,527 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 88 born since 1983
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bernisha ranks #28,527 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 88 born since 1983, peaking in the 1990s.
- #28,527 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
Bernisha's 88 recorded births place it above 60.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bernisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bernisha splits its recorded history at 1993: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1983 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bernisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2000
- Peak year (1989)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Bernisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (53 births, 60% of the file).
1990s was Bernisha's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Bernisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
30 births
- 1990s
1990s
53 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 53 births (60% of all-time use).
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- Bernisha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (53 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bernisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1983–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bernisha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.