first name
BERNADETTE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 44,253 people named Bernadette, 59.1% reported their origin as White, 17.3% as Black and 12% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Bernadette peaked in 1958, when 1,494 babies got the name.
At least 55,033 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Bernadette by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #435. The largest share of babies named Bernadette, 38.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Bernadette is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Bernadette has been most common in New Mexico (4.9×), Hawaii (4.9×), and Pennsylvania (2.6×), and least common in Oregon (0.09×).
49,091 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.
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