Bernard
Bernard is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 147 births. Its best rank was 45th, in 1919, 1921.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1470.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 19244,505 births
- Best rank
- #45first in 1919
- Since 1880
- 199,948people given the name
The story in the numbers
199,948 boys have been named Bernard in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 4,505 births — 0.40% of all boys recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 147 births in 2024, against 4,505 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1937, and the 1920s alone account for 21%. It has spent 129 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 65 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Bernard | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,616 | |
| 1890s | 2,315 | |
| 1900s | 3,296 | |
| 1910s | 25,628 | |
| 1920s | 42,410 | |
| 1930s | 30,544 | |
| 1940s | 26,446 | |
| 1950s | 25,889 | |
| 1960s | 17,473 | |
| 1970s | 9,100 | |
| 1980s | 6,507 | |
| 1990s | 4,160 | |
| 2000s | 2,252 | |
| 2010s | 1,606 | |
| 2020s | 706 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Bernard was the 46th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1924 were Robert, John, William, James and Charles. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Bernard
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Leonardpeak 1921
- Wilbertpeak 1922
- Wiltonpeak 1924
- Lloydpeak 1918
- Vernonpeak 1920
- Merlepeak 1925
- Alvinpeak 1927
- Winfredpeak 1922
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.