Bernice Name Popularity

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How popular is Bernice?

The rare name Bernice was the 2,668th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States in 2018.

Bernice, although not presently in the top 1000, did once enjoy higher rankings.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #39 in 1921 with 6,190 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Bernice was 47 in 2012.

Bernice, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1882-1898, and 1899-1918, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1930-1939, 1940-1945, 1982-1986, and 2008-2012.

Where is the name Bernice popularity headed?

Bernice's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

Bernice's popularity has been moving downward for some time. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Bernice for their newborn has remained about the same.

The name Bernice is quite distinctive and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Bernice has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Bernice (Girl)		Bernice (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		64	2,668	< 5	--
2017		71	2,512	< 5	--
2016		53	3,102	< 5	--
2015		57	3,001	< 5	--
2014		65	2,689	< 5	--
2013		71	2,510	< 5	--
2012		47	3,420	< 5	--
2011		62	2,800	< 5	--
2010		66	2,698	< 5	--
2009		80	2,403	< 5	--
2008		85	2,297	< 5	--
2007		80	2,371	< 5	--
2006		81	2,329	< 5	--
2005		84	2,183	< 5	--
2004		86	2,099	< 5	--
2003		82	2,126	< 5	--
2002		88	1,985	< 5	--
2001		105	1,715	< 5	--
2000		97	1,790	< 5	--
1999		122	1,431	< 5	--
1998		100	1,619	< 5	--
1997		111	1,476	< 5	--
1996		116	1,423	< 5	--
1995		109	1,466	< 5	--
1994		137	1,251	< 5	--
1993		126	1,326	6	7,728
1992		138	1,255	< 5	--
1991		143	1,206	< 5	--
1990		146	1,176	5	8,234
1989		144	1,145	< 5	--
1988		140	1,109	< 5	--
1987		132	1,129	< 5	--
1986		107	1,260	< 5	--
1985		145	1,036	< 5	--
1984		157	936	< 5	--
1983		143	1,000	< 5	--
1982		174	884	6	5,699
1981		169	891	< 5	--
1980		177	867	< 5	--
1979		165	902	< 5	--
1978		184	811	5	5,885
1977		182	823	5	5,932
1976		255	613	5	5,679
1975		222	674	6	4,858
1974		262	602	7	4,227
1973		265	592	10	3,247
1972		289	569	11	3,003
1971		326	553	6	4,434
1970		375	518	8	3,548
1969		385	495	14	2,317
1968		421	467	10	2,746
1967		458	441	7	3,267
1966		472	432	16	1,971
1965		561	391	12	2,378
1964		652	373	16	2,045
1963		703	359	15	2,120
1962		761	341	12	2,381
1961		764	343	10	2,721
1960		871	319	12	2,433
1959		853	319	20	1,813
1958		888	301	18	1,902
1957		978	288	20	1,795
1956		1,035	266	22	1,680
1955		1,046	255	23	1,615
1954		1,075	249	22	1,628
1953		1,156	236	16	1,967
1952		1,212	227	24	1,552
1951		1,286	213	28	1,410
1950		1,301	206	21	1,618
1949		1,379	198	35	1,206
1948		1,488	185	19	1,705
1947		1,689	172	36	1,216
1946		1,468	179	25	1,410
1945		1,473	157	24	1,350
1944		1,658	149	36	1,109
1943		1,890	143	38	1,109
1942		1,964	137	52	923
1941		1,931	133	42	988
1940		2,089	121	49	906
1939		2,123	116	51	856
1938		2,288	112	43	964
1937		2,384	104	49	881
1936		2,543	95	56	816
1935		2,774	90	75	697
1934		2,978	82	69	733
1933		3,008	83	72	712
1932		3,544	71	87	652
1931		3,822	63	72	718
1930		4,438	58	75	730
1929		4,551	55	90	649
1928		4,943	53	95	638
1927		5,305	49	115	576
1926		5,443	45	97	639
1925		5,728	46	89	678
1924		6,033	47	110	609
1923		5,808	43	104	626
1922		5,912	41	121	584
1921		6,190	39	119	581
1920		5,928	40	114	583
1919		5,793	42	103	593
1918		5,893	41	116	561
1917		5,546	42	73	715
1916		5,183	42	93	604
1915		4,937	42	93	591
1914		3,730	43	67	617
1913		3,036	45	51	616
1912		2,593	51	31	785
1911		1,915	51	25	609
1910		1,721	58	28	539
1909		1,337	62	21	575
1908		1,363	61	15	688
1907		1,185	65	22	495
1906		1,107	66	20	506
1905		1,032	74	20	507
1904		962	75	16	568
1903		868	77	11	703
1902		794	81	14	589
1901		660	86	< 5	--
1900		702	96	10	845
1899		515	103	8	791
1898		619	96	9	747
1897		519	103	16	497
1896		489	104	9	782
1895		447	109	6	992
1894		389	121	6	967
1893		340	125	< 5	--
1892		299	137	5	1,082
1891		248	142	11	567
1890		229	155	8	747
1889		206	154	7	802
1888		157	177	5	1,051
1887		127	178	< 5	--
1886		135	173	< 5	--
1885		96	193	< 5	--
1884		83	208	< 5	--
1883		69	210	7	729
1882		57	229	< 5	--
1881		48	222	< 5	--
1880		59	201	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.