Bernita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bernita

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,629 babies named Bernita between 1900 and 2000, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bernita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 117 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bernita performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 871 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Bernita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 298 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Iowa and Kansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Bernita in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bernita 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 4,629 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.