Bernyce — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bernyce

The Social Security Administration has registered 460 babies named Bernyce between 1900 and 1943, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bernyce currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1943. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bernyce performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 204 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Bernyce shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Bernyce in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bernyce 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 460 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.