Bernetta
Bernetta is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 865th, in 1914.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192160 births
- Best rank
- #865in 1914
- Since 1891
- 2,797people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,797 girls have been named Bernetta in the United States since 1891, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 60 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 60 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1942, and the 1950s alone account for 17%. It has spent 8 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Bernetta | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 40 | |
| 1900s | 96 | |
| 1910s | 378 | |
| 1920s | 468 | |
| 1930s | 352 | |
| 1940s | 323 | |
| 1950s | 473 | |
| 1960s | 365 | |
| 1970s | 230 | |
| 1980s | 72 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Bernetta was the 956th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1921 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Bernetta
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Carmelpeak 1962
- Lorainepeak 1922
- Willettapeak 1922
- Laurinepeak 1918
- Lorettepeak 1956
- Rethapeak 1924
- Delmapeak 1926
- Trevapeak 1962
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.