girl's name

Bernardine

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 10
  • Births on record 4,500

Ireland

#571

1975 births

Bernardine is a girl's name. In 1978 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1925, when 85 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1888.

Bernardine over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 1970s. The striped bar is the 1970s, still in progress — it covers 1970 to 1978, not a full ten years.

712
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70
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Births named Bernardine by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 5
1890s 74
1900s 128
1910s 475
1920s 712
1930s 622
1940s 543
1950s 333
1960s 187
1970s (to 1978) 49

How popular is Bernardine?

In 1978, Bernardine was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Bernardine is used

Ireland #571 3 in 1975
France #2,143 5 in 1967
United States #11,265 5 in 1978

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Bernardine

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Bernardine also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Bernardine over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Bernardine

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Bernardine — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Bernardine

How popular is the name Bernardine?

In 1978, Bernardine was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Bernardine a girl's or a boy's name?

Bernardine is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Bernardine most popular?

Bernardine peaked in 1925, when 85 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.