How rare is the name Bernadine?

9,298 people in the United States have the first name Bernadine, about 1 in 32,483. It ranks #2,587 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BERNADINE

#2,587

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,298
About
1 in 32,483
This common or more
80.3%
Who bears it

Of the 9,298 people named Bernadine, 62.7% reported their origin as White, 23.6% as Black and 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Bernadine peaked in 1924, when 563 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18822025
Peak year
1924
Births that year
563
In 2025*
6 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 21,933 babies have been given the name since 1882. 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.

Bernadine by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #535. The largest share of babies named Bernadine, 35.4%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#1,50570
1890s#1,150181
1900s#665626
1910s#5692,932
1920s#5355,227
1930s#5694,256
1940s#7653,184
1950s#9742,776
1960s#1,3211,794
1970s#3,061477
1980s#7,082170
1990s#12,044112
2000s#20,40068
2010s#27,55237
2020s#25,57523
Before 19011.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–2735.4%
Silent Generation 1928–4532.7%
Baby boom 1946–6423.4%
Generation X 1965–805.5%
Millennials 1981–961%
Generation Z 1997–120.5%
2013 and later0.2%

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 Bernadine is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Bernadine has been most common in North Dakota (3.5×), Wisconsin (3.3×), and Iowa (3.2×), and least common in Georgia (0.06×).

17,677 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.

Either side of Bernadine

#2,585 Mable · 9,306#2,586 Valencia · 9,301#2,588 Savanah · 9,297#2,589 Demi · 9,282

Spelled almost the same

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

#28,942 Bernadino · 308#32,949 Bernadina · 253#38,893 Bernadene · 196#43,957 Bernadita · 159#50,487 Bernadin · 119#51,342 Bernadete · 114

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