Bernell**
#2,876 most common boys' name of all time · #6,953 across all names · 68% male / 32% female · used 1912–2019 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,876
Rank overall
#6,953 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
89 of 146
All-time
2,308
Since 2016
11
Peak year
1923 #1,155
Best rank
#1,155 1923
Girls
Boys
peak 56/yr
Bernell first appears in 1912. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,886 |
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,295 |
| 2011 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,391 |
| 2008 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,122 |
| 1999 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,943 |
| 1998 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,651 |
| 1994 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,440 |
| 1993 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,714 |
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,379 |
| 1990 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,816 |
| 1989 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,320 |
| 1988 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,751 |
| 1987 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,303 |
| 1986 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,699 |
| 1985 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,859 |
| 1984 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,754 |
| 1983 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,574 |
| 1982 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,760 |
| 1981 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,082 |
| 1980 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,476 |
| 1979 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,053 |
| 1978 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,260 |
| 1977 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,901 |
| 1976 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,528 |
| 1975 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,392 |
| 1974 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,996 |
| 1973 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,300 |
| 1972 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,558 |
| 1971 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,231 |
| 1970 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,961 |
| 1969 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #2,163 |
| 1968 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #2,801 |
| 1967 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #3,078 |
| 1966 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #2,690 |
| 1965 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,701 |
| 1964 | 6 | 21 | 27 | #1,762 |
| 1963 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,006 |
| 1962 | 8 | 23 | 31 | #1,697 |
| 1961 | 7 | 23 | 30 | #1,714 |
| 1960 | 9 | 16 | 25 | #2,082 |
| 1959 | 9 | 15 | 24 | #2,158 |
| 1958 | 5 | 24 | 29 | #1,621 |
| 1957 | 9 | 23 | 32 | #1,698 |
| 1956 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,629 |
| 1955 | 12 | 27 | 39 | #1,500 |
| 1954 | 8 | 17 | 25 | #1,923 |
| 1953 | 11 | 25 | 36 | #1,538 |
| 1952 | 9 | 38 | 47 | #1,207 |
| 1951 | 11 | 27 | 38 | #1,456 |
| 1950 | 11 | 25 | 36 | #1,483 |
| 1949 | 16 | 33 | 49 | #1,266 |
| 1948 | 9 | 28 | 37 | #1,396 |
| 1947 | 13 | 24 | 37 | #1,541 |
| 1946 | 19 | 15 | 34 | #1,924 |
| 1945 | 12 | 20 | 32 | #1,526 |
| 1944 | 22 | 14 | 36 | #1,956 |
| 1943 | 7 | 17 | 24 | #1,816 |
| 1942 | 21 | 28 | 49 | #1,329 |
| 1941 | 16 | 23 | 39 | #1,440 |
| 1940 | 13 | 17 | 30 | #1,725 |
| 1939 | 19 | 29 | 48 | #1,232 |
| 1938 | 19 | 24 | 43 | #1,392 |
| 1937 | 15 | 22 | 37 | #1,473 |
| 1936 | 19 | 21 | 40 | #1,496 |
| 1935 | 19 | 14 | 33 | #1,996 |
| 1934 | 21 | 27 | 48 | #1,318 |
| 1933 | 15 | 29 | 44 | #1,246 |
| 1932 | 20 | 26 | 46 | #1,383 |
| 1931 | 25 | 17 | 42 | #1,821 |
| 1930 | 19 | 26 | 45 | #1,460 |
| 1929 | 17 | 28 | 45 | #1,372 |
| 1928 | 18 | 28 | 46 | #1,409 |
| 1927 | 27 | 22 | 49 | #1,683 |
| 1926 | 19 | 18 | 37 | #1,898 |
| 1925 | 24 | 18 | 42 | #1,923 |
| 1924 | 20 | 15 | 35 | #2,204 |
| 1923 | 17 | 39 | 56 | #1,155 |
| 1922 | 15 | 29 | 44 | #1,395 |
| 1921 | 25 | 27 | 52 | #1,472 |
| 1920 | 23 | 27 | 50 | #1,451 |
| 1919 | 16 | 23 | 39 | #1,569 |
| 1918 | 20 | 21 | 41 | #1,701 |
| 1917 | 13 | 16 | 29 | #1,970 |
| 1916 | 8 | 18 | 26 | #1,765 |
| 1915 | 11 | 14 | 25 | #2,044 |
| 1914 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 1913 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,665 |
| 1912 | — | 10 | 10 | #1,736 |