Bernestine
#13,236 most common girls' name of all time · #21,900 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1924–1965
Rank among girls
#13,236
Rank overall
#21,900 of 105,966
First appeared
1924
Years on the list
36 of 146
All-time
367
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1953 #2,483
Best rank
#2,269 1944
Girls
Boys
peak 19/yr
Bernestine first appears in 1924. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,497 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,687 |
| 1962 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,392 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,124 |
| 1960 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,045 |
| 1959 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,940 |
| 1958 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,716 |
| 1957 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,077 |
| 1956 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,319 |
| 1955 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,177 |
| 1954 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,750 |
| 1953 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,483 |
| 1952 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,327 |
| 1951 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,056 |
| 1950 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,179 |
| 1949 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,818 |
| 1948 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,293 |
| 1947 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,894 |
| 1946 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,999 |
| 1945 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,867 |
| 1944 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,269 |
| 1943 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,544 |
| 1942 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,670 |
| 1941 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,503 |
| 1940 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,407 |
| 1939 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,567 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,745 |
| 1936 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,095 |
| 1934 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,555 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,865 |
| 1930 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,025 |
| 1928 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,297 |
| 1927 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,747 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,591 |
| 1924 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,992 |