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.

Bern

#16,421 most common boys' name of all time · #42,916 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1915–1966

Rank among boys
#16,421
Rank overall
#42,916 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
15 of 146
All-time
86
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1958 #3,169
Best rank
#3,169 1958
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
192019401960

Bern first appears in 1915. 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
1966 — 5 5 #4,193
1964 — 6 6 #3,804
1961 — 5 5 #4,325
1959 — 5 5 #4,253
1958 — 8 8 #3,169
1957 — 5 5 #4,247
1956 — 6 6 #3,729
1955 — 7 7 #3,366
1954 — 5 5 #4,080
1952 — 5 5 #3,994
1949 — 6 6 #3,533
1947 — 5 5 #4,037
1926 — 6 6 #4,016
1921 — 7 7 #3,769
1915 — 5 5 #4,148