first name
BERNIE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 7,302 people named Bernie, 62.3% reported their origin as White, 18.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.4% as Black. 86.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Bernie peaked in 1960, when 266 babies got the name.
At least 10,760 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.
Bernie by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #978. The largest share of babies named Bernie, 33.6%, 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 Bernie is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Bernie has been most common in New Mexico (9.7×), West Virginia (3.3×), and Kentucky (2.6×), and least common in Florida (0.26×).
4,550 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 Bernie
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bernie, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Bernie ranks #73,993 of 156,621, with 282 people. See Bernie as a last name
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