Recorded 1992–2023 Boys' name Peak 2007 67 births

Berny — boys' name

67 babies named Berny in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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2000s
Peak decade

34% of everyone ever named Berny was born in this single decade.

2007
Single peak year

7 babies were named Berny in 2007 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Berny

The Social Security Administration has registered 67 babies named Berny between 1992 and 2023, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Berny currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Berny performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Berny shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Berny 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 67 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.

Berny at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

67

Since 1992

32 years of records

Peak year

2007

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1992

Recorded for 32 years

Last year on file: 2023

Berny popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1992

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2007)
7
Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 202320212016201520112009200720052001199419931992 6

Berny by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
23 births that decade — 34% of Berny's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Berny?
67 babies have been named Berny since 1992. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2007 with 7 births.
When was Berny most popular?
Berny was most popular in the 2000s decade with 23 total births. The single peak year was 2007.
How long has the name Berny been used?
Berny has been recorded in Social Security data since 1992, spanning 32 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Berny?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Bernard, Bert, Bernardo, Bernie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1992–2023 (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.