How rare is the name Berenice?

11,435 people in the United States have the first name Berenice, about 1 in 26,413. It ranks #2,267 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

BERENICE

#2,267

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,435
About
1 in 26,413
This common or more
79.2%
Who bears it

Of the 11,435 people named Berenice, 93.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 4.3% as White and 1.6% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Berenice peaked in 1995, when 331 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18832025
Peak year
1995
Births that year
331
In 2025*
28 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 9,524 babies have been given the name since 1883. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Berenice by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #984. The largest share of babies named Berenice, 38.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#1,63557
1890s#984231
1900s#1,060288
1910s#1,297712
1920s#1,826570
1930s#3,190190
1940s#4,801110
1950s#6,68178
1960s#8,30761
1970s#5,685182
1980s#2,517788
1990s#1,4472,563
2000s#1,7522,482
2010s#3,673950
2020s#6,173262
Before 19013.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–2715.6%
Silent Generation 1928–453.4%
Baby boom 1946–641.4%
Generation X 1965–802.8%
Millennials 1981–9626.5%
Generation Z 1997–1238.3%
2013 and later8.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Berenice is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Berenice has been most common in California (4.7×), Arizona (3.9×), and Texas (2.7×), and least common in Missouri (0.37×).

6,359 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Berenice

1 other first name also has 11,435 people.

#2,267 Cliff · 11,435

Either side of Berenice

#2,265 Leandro · 11,447#2,266 Katia · 11,440#2,267 Cliff · 11,435#2,269 Mckayla · 11,433

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Berenice, most common first.

#929 Bernice · 48,083#9,353 Berniece · 1,490#10,151 Beronica · 1,328#19,790 Berenise · 530#22,738 Berneice · 435#35,667 Bernise · 225#39,783 Berenis · 189#49,348 Berenize · 126

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