first name
BERNARDO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 19,954 people named Bernardo, 85% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 7.2% as White and 5.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Bernardo peaked in 1995, when 240 babies got the name.
At least 11,175 babies have been given the name since 1888. 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.
Bernardo by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,719. The largest share of babies named Bernardo, 24.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Bernardo is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Bernardo has been most common in Texas (4.3×), California (3.7×), and Arizona (3.6×), and least common in Georgia (0.14×).
8,432 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 Bernardo
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bernardo, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Bernardo ranks #4,742 of 156,621, with 7,238 people. See Bernardo as a last name
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