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.

Bernard

#187 most common boys' name of all time · #394 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#187
Rank overall
#394 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
201,070
Since 2016
1,486
Peak year
1924 #46
Best rank
#45 1919
Girls Boys peak 4,524/yr
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Bernard is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 137 137 #1,362
2024 147 147 #1,318
2023 122 122 #1,473
2022 148 148 #1,289
2021 143 143 #1,307
2020 148 148 #1,250
2019 150 150 #1,251
2018 168 168 #1,142
2017 160 160 #1,171
2016 163 163 #1,169
2015 151 151 #1,216
2014 158 158 #1,179
2013 168 168 #1,101
2012 150 150 #1,196
2011 168 168 #1,101
2010 172 172 #1,108
2009 189 189 #1,027
2008 214 214 #944
2007 212 212 #934
2006 194 194 #958
2005 223 223 #832
2004 238 238 #764
2003 220 220 #791
2002 226 226 #762
2001 261 261 #689
2000 275 275 #655
1999 266 266 #649
1998 297 297 #616
1997 319 319 #579
1996 323 323 #565
1995 431 431 #496
1994 413 413 #495
1993 8 506 514 #434
1992 530 530 #421
1991 558 558 #408
1990 516 516 #430
1989 659 659 #349
1988 5 609 614 #345
1987 6 593 599 #340
1986 7 595 602 #333
1985 7 653 660 #312
1984 8 615 623 #317
1983 9 640 649 #308
1982 6 677 683 #296
1981 8 697 705 #289
1980 769 769 #274
1979 5 760 765 #272
1978 10 738 748 #267
1977 7 758 765 #261
1976 8 793 801 #249
1975 10 847 857 #242
1974 6 858 864 #238
1973 8 945 953 #226
1972 12 1,047 1,059 #213
1971 6 1,168 1,174 #205
1970 11 1,186 1,197 #210
1969 11 1,284 1,295 #199
1968 11 1,306 1,317 #189
1967 8 1,442 1,450 #179
1966 19 1,522 1,541 #177
1965 6 1,675 1,681 #170
1964 11 1,878 1,889 #165
1963 18 1,946 1,964 #165
1962 12 1,970 1,982 #161
1961 16 2,150 2,166 #156
1960 11 2,302 2,313 #152
1959 15 2,274 2,289 #152
1958 8 2,407 2,415 #143
1957 17 2,532 2,549 #137
1956 15 2,485 2,500 #129
1955 6 2,560 2,566 #127
1954 8 2,727 2,735 #123
1953 10 2,746 2,756 #119
1952 7 2,748 2,755 #111
1951 7 2,772 2,779 #107
1950 12 2,636 2,648 #111
1949 6 2,680 2,686 #111
1948 2,715 2,715 #107
1947 12 2,994 3,006 #100
1946 5 2,605 2,610 #102
1945 16 2,388 2,404 #98
1944 9 2,619 2,628 #94
1943 12 2,744 2,756 #92
1942 12 2,724 2,736 #90
1941 6 2,509 2,515 #87
1940 7 2,468 2,475 #82
1939 11 2,624 2,635 #76
1938 10 2,715 2,725 #75
1937 9 2,672 2,681 #73
1936 9 2,853 2,862 #68
1935 9 2,933 2,942 #67
1934 11 3,146 3,157 #65
1933 19 3,005 3,024 #63
1932 14 3,252 3,266 #60
1931 24 3,514 3,538 #54
1930 24 3,831 3,855 #52
1929 34 3,807 3,841 #52
1928 31 4,067 4,098 #49
1927 34 4,165 4,199 #50
1926 23 4,172 4,195 #49
1925 24 4,259 4,283 #48
1924 19 4,505 4,524 #46
1923 20 4,376 4,396 #46
1922 25 4,409 4,434 #46
1921 15 4,485 4,500 #45
1920 28 4,163 4,191 #46
1919 10 3,915 3,925 #45
1918 19 4,098 4,117 #47
1917 16 3,711 3,727 #49
1916 15 3,476 3,491 #49
1915 20 3,302 3,322 #49
1914 18 2,436 2,454 #50
1913 8 1,916 1,924 #52
1912 1,437 1,437 #60
1911 9 777 786 #54
1910 5 560 565 #62
1909 463 463 #68
1908 414 414 #70
1907 378 378 #73
1906 343 343 #74
1905 292 292 #82
1904 326 326 #72
1903 271 271 #79
1902 259 259 #83
1901 5 242 247 #80
1900 308 308 #86
1899 222 222 #85
1898 284 284 #74
1897 5 234 239 #80
1896 241 241 #84
1895 259 259 #77
1894 256 256 #78
1893 217 217 #84
1892 237 237 #85
1891 187 187 #85
1890 178 178 #98
1889 215 215 #81
1888 207 207 #87
1887 159 159 #97
1886 180 180 #91
1885 160 160 #91
1884 140 140 #108
1883 141 141 #96
1882 144 144 #103
1881 130 130 #96
1880 140 140 #97