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.

Bernice

#224 most common girls' name of all time · #424 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#224
Rank overall
#424 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
185,533
Since 2016
488
Peak year
1921 #39
Best rank
#39 1921
Girls Boys peak 6,309/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Bernice 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 35 — 35 #4,067
2024 39 — 39 #3,823
2023 36 — 36 #4,047
2022 42 — 42 #3,655
2021 52 — 52 #3,112
2020 42 — 42 #3,546
2019 54 — 54 #3,002
2018 64 — 64 #2,677
2017 71 — 71 #2,508
2016 53 — 53 #3,100
2015 57 — 57 #3,002
2014 66 — 66 #2,649
2013 71 — 71 #2,509
2012 47 — 47 #3,419
2011 62 — 62 #2,796
2010 66 — 66 #2,691
2009 80 — 80 #2,397
2008 85 — 85 #2,295
2007 80 — 80 #2,368
2006 81 — 81 #2,328
2005 84 — 84 #2,182
2004 86 — 86 #2,100
2003 82 — 82 #2,125
2002 88 — 88 #1,984
2001 105 — 105 #1,713
2000 97 — 97 #1,791
1999 122 — 122 #1,431
1998 101 — 101 #1,608
1997 111 — 111 #1,476
1996 116 — 116 #1,423
1995 109 — 109 #1,466
1994 137 — 137 #1,251
1993 126 6 132 #1,325
1992 138 — 138 #1,254
1991 143 — 143 #1,205
1990 146 5 151 #1,175
1989 144 — 144 #1,145
1988 140 — 140 #1,110
1987 132 — 132 #1,128
1986 107 — 107 #1,260
1985 146 — 146 #1,030
1984 157 — 157 #936
1983 143 — 143 #1,000
1982 174 6 180 #884
1981 169 — 169 #891
1980 177 — 177 #866
1979 165 — 165 #903
1978 184 5 189 #813
1977 182 5 187 #824
1976 255 5 260 #612
1975 222 6 228 #675
1974 262 7 269 #601
1973 265 10 275 #593
1972 289 10 299 #569
1971 326 5 331 #553
1970 375 9 384 #518
1969 385 14 399 #495
1968 420 10 430 #469
1967 457 7 464 #441
1966 470 16 486 #433
1965 565 12 577 #389
1964 651 16 667 #373
1963 702 15 717 #359
1962 761 12 773 #342
1961 764 10 774 #344
1960 872 12 884 #319
1959 852 20 872 #319
1958 889 19 908 #301
1957 982 19 1,001 #288
1956 1,032 23 1,055 #266
1955 1,045 23 1,068 #256
1954 1,075 22 1,097 #249
1953 1,156 16 1,172 #237
1952 1,212 24 1,236 #227
1951 1,286 28 1,314 #213
1950 1,300 21 1,321 #206
1949 1,380 35 1,415 #198
1948 1,489 19 1,508 #185
1947 1,688 36 1,724 #172
1946 1,468 25 1,493 #179
1945 1,477 24 1,501 #157
1944 1,657 36 1,693 #149
1943 1,890 38 1,928 #143
1942 1,962 52 2,014 #137
1941 1,934 42 1,976 #133
1940 2,087 49 2,136 #122
1939 2,123 51 2,174 #116
1938 2,290 43 2,333 #112
1937 2,384 49 2,433 #104
1936 2,540 56 2,596 #95
1935 2,777 75 2,852 #90
1934 2,980 69 3,049 #82
1933 3,009 72 3,081 #83
1932 3,542 87 3,629 #71
1931 3,821 72 3,893 #63
1930 4,439 75 4,514 #58
1929 4,551 90 4,641 #55
1928 4,943 95 5,038 #53
1927 5,305 115 5,420 #49
1926 5,443 97 5,540 #45
1925 5,728 89 5,817 #46
1924 6,033 110 6,143 #47
1923 5,809 104 5,913 #43
1922 5,912 121 6,033 #41
1921 6,190 119 6,309 #39
1920 5,928 114 6,042 #40
1919 5,793 103 5,896 #42
1918 5,892 116 6,008 #41
1917 5,546 73 5,619 #42
1916 5,183 93 5,276 #42
1915 4,937 93 5,030 #42
1914 3,730 67 3,797 #43
1913 3,036 51 3,087 #45
1912 2,593 31 2,624 #51
1911 1,915 25 1,940 #51
1910 1,721 28 1,749 #58
1909 1,337 21 1,358 #62
1908 1,363 15 1,378 #61
1907 1,185 22 1,207 #65
1906 1,107 20 1,127 #66
1905 1,032 20 1,052 #74
1904 962 16 978 #75
1903 868 11 879 #77
1902 794 14 808 #81
1901 660 — 660 #86
1900 702 10 712 #96
1899 515 8 523 #103
1898 619 9 628 #96
1897 519 16 535 #103
1896 489 9 498 #104
1895 447 6 453 #109
1894 389 6 395 #121
1893 340 — 340 #125
1892 299 5 304 #137
1891 248 11 259 #143
1890 229 8 237 #155
1889 206 7 213 #154
1888 157 5 162 #177
1887 127 — 127 #179
1886 135 — 135 #173
1885 96 — 96 #193
1884 83 — 83 #209
1883 69 7 76 #212
1882 57 — 57 #229
1881 48 — 48 #223
1880 59 — 59 #201