Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Berenice

#1,687 most common girls' name of all time · #2,895 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1883–2025

Rank among girls
#1,687
Rank overall
#2,895 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
139 of 146
All-time
9,524
Since 2016
593
Peak year
1995 #656
Best rank
#519 1898
Girls Boys peak 331/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Berenice first appears in 1883. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 28 — 28 #4,761
2024 40 — 40 #3,760
2023 43 — 43 #3,589
2022 41 — 41 #3,708
2021 47 — 47 #3,342
2020 63 — 63 #2,659
2019 79 — 79 #2,287
2018 72 — 72 #2,458
2017 91 — 91 #2,111
2016 89 — 89 #2,168
2015 59 — 59 #2,930
2014 73 — 73 #2,473
2013 102 — 102 #1,942
2012 129 — 129 #1,651
2011 109 — 109 #1,841
2010 147 — 147 #1,521
2009 228 — 228 #1,112
2008 192 — 192 #1,295
2007 204 — 204 #1,224
2006 252 — 252 #1,016
2005 235 — 235 #1,030
2004 231 — 231 #1,020
2003 282 — 282 #857
2002 274 — 274 #844
2001 308 — 308 #770
2000 276 — 276 #818
1999 263 — 263 #824
1998 282 — 282 #762
1997 236 — 236 #865
1996 281 — 281 #753
1995 326 5 331 #656
1994 268 — 268 #766
1993 300 6 306 #711
1992 242 — 242 #827
1991 202 — 202 #942
1990 152 — 152 #1,137
1989 164 — 164 #1,042
1988 111 — 111 #1,303
1987 81 — 81 #1,553
1986 80 — 80 #1,528
1985 71 — 71 #1,652
1984 63 — 63 #1,730
1983 55 — 55 #1,891
1982 64 — 64 #1,738
1981 51 — 51 #2,030
1980 48 — 48 #2,131
1979 29 — 29 #2,936
1978 26 — 26 #3,022
1977 38 — 38 #2,343
1976 21 — 21 #3,299
1975 20 — 20 #3,414
1974 21 — 21 #3,222
1973 9 — 9 #5,621
1972 9 — 9 #5,508
1970 9 — 9 #5,450
1969 6 — 6 #6,672
1968 6 — 6 #6,302
1967 10 — 10 #4,328
1966 5 — 5 #6,618
1965 8 — 8 #4,865
1964 7 — 7 #5,516
1962 8 — 8 #4,890
1961 6 — 6 #5,902
1960 5 — 5 #6,446
1959 7 — 7 #5,070
1957 5 — 5 #6,151
1956 10 — 10 #3,938
1955 9 — 9 #4,098
1954 12 — 12 #3,352
1953 7 — 7 #4,623
1952 8 — 8 #4,163
1951 8 — 8 #4,050
1950 12 — 12 #3,089
1949 6 — 6 #4,731
1948 8 — 8 #3,919
1947 10 — 10 #3,486
1946 9 — 9 #3,465
1945 9 — 9 #3,169
1944 13 — 13 #2,532
1943 9 — 9 #3,282
1942 10 — 10 #3,021
1941 19 — 19 #1,903
1940 17 — 17 #1,980
1939 20 — 20 #1,742
1938 11 — 11 #2,604
1937 18 — 18 #1,860
1936 14 — 14 #2,180
1935 22 — 22 #1,623
1934 17 — 17 #1,941
1933 26 — 26 #1,446
1932 18 — 18 #1,902
1931 17 — 17 #1,955
1930 27 — 27 #1,509
1929 27 — 27 #1,494
1928 33 — 33 #1,349
1927 55 — 55 #1,038
1926 49 — 49 #1,075
1925 56 — 56 #1,000
1924 70 — 70 #910
1923 72 — 72 #869
1922 51 — 51 #1,067
1921 68 — 68 #899
1920 89 — 89 #773
1919 83 — 83 #774
1918 89 — 89 #758
1917 95 — 95 #711
1916 97 — 97 #698
1915 104 — 104 #651
1914 54 — 54 #793
1913 52 — 52 #731
1912 60 — 60 #645
1911 46 — 46 #639
1910 32 — 32 #765
1909 30 — 30 #742
1908 35 — 35 #659
1907 28 — 28 #721
1906 26 — 26 #728
1905 21 — 21 #816
1904 25 — 25 #709
1903 36 — 36 #548
1902 29 — 29 #621
1901 29 — 29 #588
1900 29 — 29 #672
1899 25 — 25 #625
1898 37 — 37 #519
1897 23 — 23 #655
1896 29 — 29 #573
1895 23 — 23 #655
1894 23 — 23 #626
1893 23 — 23 #611
1892 20 — 20 #662
1891 19 — 19 #622
1890 9 — 9 #988
1889 20 — 20 #587
1887 12 — 12 #689
1886 5 — 5 #1,195
1885 7 — 7 #903
1884 5 — 5 #1,107
1883 8 — 8 #745