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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |