How rare is the name Bernardino?

3,830 people in the United States have the first name Bernardino, about 1 in 78,859. It ranks #4,747 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

BERNARDINO

#4,747

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,830
About
1 in 78,859
This common or more
84.5%
Who bears it

Of the 3,830 people named Bernardino, 87% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 6.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 5.5% as White. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Bernardino peaked in 1974, when 30 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19112023
Peak year
1974
Births that year
30
In 2023
5 ▼83%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,649 babies have been given the name since 1911. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Bernardino by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #3,960. The largest share of babies named Bernardino, 19.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#5,22064
1920s#4,003161
1930s#3,960134
1940s#4,487125
1950s#4,827141
1960s#4,813168
1970s#5,339201
1980s#6,094214
1990s#8,399189
2000s#12,510148
2010s#18,94682
2020s#26,00922
Greatest Generation 1901–2711.5%
Silent Generation 1928–4514.4%
Baby boom 1946–6417.2%
Generation X 1965–8018.4%
Millennials 1981–9619.6%
Generation Z 1997–1214.5%
2013 and later4.3%

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.

Exactly as common as Bernardino

1 other first name also has 3,830 people.

Spelled almost the same

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

Also a last name

As a last name, Bernardino ranks #10,153 of 156,621, with 3,025 people. See Bernardino as a last name

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