Meaning not yet researched.
Bernie: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 9 in 2025. Its best rank was #469 in 1937.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #469 in 1937; #8,352 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Bernie in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#8,352 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1937, at #469.
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Bernie: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 9 boys in 2025. Peak: #469 in 1937 · most boys in one year: 231 (1960).
In 2025, 9 US boys were named Bernie, making it the 8,352nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 2,887 places from #5,465 in 2024. That is 8 fewer than the 17 boys named Bernie in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #469, reached in 1937. The most boys given the name in a single year was 231, in 1960. For comparison, it was #7,125 in 2015 and #607 in 1950.
Fewer than five US girls were named Bernie in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #1,009, reached in 1908. The most girls given the name in a single year was 51, in 1957. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #2,056 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Bernie in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 5 babies. In all, 10,760 US babies have been given the name, 14% of them girls and 86% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 1,809 babies named Bernie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 128 US boys were named Bernie; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 21. In 2025 that was about 1 in 189,786 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Bern, Berny and Berney are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Bern (86), Berny (67), Berney (52), Bernhart (19), Berni (6), Bernia (5), Berniya (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Bernie in the open dataset we use.
Bernie is listed as a nickname for Bernard, Berney.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 9 | #8,352 |
| 2024 | — | — | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2023 | — | — | 9 | #8,343 |
| 2022 | — | — | 13 | #6,530 |
| 2021 | — | — | 18 | #5,137 |
| 2020 | — | — | 17 | #5,270 |
| 2019 | — | — | 6 | #10,964 |
| 2018 | — | — | 9 | #8,246 |
| 2017 | — | — | 9 | #8,234 |
| 2016 | — | — | 21 | #4,641 |
| 2015 | — | — | 11 | #7,125 |
| 2014 | — | — | 6 | #10,875 |
| 2013 | — | — | 11 | #7,088 |
| 2012 | — | — | 9 | #8,232 |
| 2011 | — | — | 12 | #6,632 |
| 2010 | — | — | 19 | #4,863 |
| 2009 | — | — | 20 | #4,768 |
| 2008 | — | — | 21 | #4,557 |
| 2007 | — | — | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2006 | — | — | 25 | #3,900 |
| 2005 | — | — | 30 | #3,323 |
| 2004 | — | — | 26 | #3,544 |
| 2003 | — | — | 29 | #3,200 |
| 2002 | — | — | 21 | #3,925 |
| 2001 | — | — | 20 | #3,984 |
| 2000 | — | — | 21 | #3,781 |
| 1999 | — | — | 24 | #3,288 |
| 1998 | — | — | 26 | #3,025 |
| 1997 | — | — | 26 | #2,911 |
| 1996 | — | — | 23 | #3,117 |
| 1995 | — | — | 21 | #3,203 |
| 1994 | — | — | 28 | #2,624 |
| 1993 | — | — | 26 | #2,709 |
| 1992 | — | — | 33 | #2,257 |
| 1991 | — | — | 27 | #2,550 |
| 1990 | — | — | 33 | #2,175 |
| 1989 | — | — | 36 | #1,996 |
| 1988 | — | — | 25 | #2,375 |
| 1987 | — | — | 26 | #2,221 |
| 1986 | — | — | 33 | #1,840 |
| 1985 | — | — | 43 | #1,526 |
| 1984 | — | — | 36 | #1,633 |
| 1983 | — | — | 31 | #1,789 |
| 1982 | — | — | 28 | #1,934 |
| 1981 | — | — | 37 | #1,605 |
| 1980 | — | — | 45 | #1,412 |
| 1979 | — | — | 52 | #1,272 |
| 1978 | — | — | 53 | #1,230 |
| 1977 | — | — | 70 | #1,029 |
| 1976 | — | — | 53 | #1,179 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,547 | 60 | #1,084 |
| 1974 | — | — | 57 | #1,091 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,540 | 73 | #943 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,353 | 84 | #877 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,584 | 74 | #947 |
| 1970 | — | — | 87 | #861 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,692 | 90 | #812 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,516 | 86 | #799 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,326 | 100 | #735 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,275 | 98 | #747 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,758 | 119 | #681 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,891 | 165 | #610 |
| 1963 | 19 | #2,873 | 160 | #614 |
| 1962 | 29 | #2,214 | 204 | #551 |
| 1961 | 30 | #2,153 | 215 | #542 |
| 1960 | 35 | #1,929 | 231 | #522 |
| 1959 | 37 | #1,823 | 183 | #582 |
| 1958 | 34 | #1,876 | 210 | #531 |
| 1957 | 51 | #1,493 | 175 | #582 |
| 1956 | 23 | #2,324 | 154 | #609 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,159 | 133 | #645 |
| 1954 | 34 | #1,771 | 146 | #612 |
| 1953 | 29 | #1,873 | 130 | #627 |
| 1952 | 20 | #2,333 | 127 | #623 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,807 | 120 | #646 |
| 1950 | 22 | #2,056 | 127 | #607 |
| 1949 | 21 | #2,143 | 134 | #580 |
| 1948 | 16 | #2,498 | 155 | #532 |
| 1947 | 27 | #1,864 | 176 | #509 |
| 1946 | 34 | #1,509 | 140 | #541 |
| 1945 | 30 | #1,484 | 128 | #527 |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,667 | 138 | #514 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,569 | 142 | #529 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,811 | 135 | #525 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,958 | 146 | #486 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,688 | 116 | #547 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,744 | 119 | #524 |
| 1938 | 26 | #1,479 | 145 | #478 |
| 1937 | 27 | #1,419 | 144 | #469 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,165 | 127 | #504 |
| 1935 | 33 | #1,246 | 135 | #490 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,414 | 140 | #484 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,787 | 128 | #495 |
| 1932 | 35 | #1,217 | 130 | #504 |
| 1931 | 24 | #1,556 | 113 | #550 |
| 1930 | 21 | #1,756 | 99 | #618 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,894 | 90 | #650 |
| 1928 | 28 | #1,505 | 110 | #588 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,774 | 89 | #685 |
| 1926 | 33 | #1,391 | 105 | #612 |
| 1925 | 32 | #1,447 | 101 | #630 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,572 | 89 | #691 |
| 1923 | 29 | #1,527 | 99 | #646 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,690 | 91 | #679 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,679 | 89 | #688 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,960 | 90 | #674 |
| 1919 | 18 | #1,995 | 100 | #603 |
| 1918 | 32 | #1,362 | 74 | #748 |
| 1917 | 17 | #2,006 | 79 | #675 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,812 | 88 | #621 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,526 | 75 | #671 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,266 | 53 | #712 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,178 | 43 | #696 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,221 | 33 | #758 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,463 | 27 | #586 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,531 | 22 | #625 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,624 | 14 | #761 |
| 1908 | 16 | #1,009 | 19 | #590 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,858 | 21 | #512 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,980 | 12 | #712 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,312 | 18 | #549 |
| 1904 | — | — | 13 | #648 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,453 | 9 | #788 |
| 1902 | — | — | 17 | #522 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,710 | 12 | #603 |
| 1900 | 11 | #1,172 | 19 | #558 |
| 1899 | — | — | 10 | #665 |
| 1898 | — | — | 5 | #1,140 |
| 1897 | 8 | #1,178 | 8 | #795 |
| 1896 | — | — | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1895 | — | — | 14 | #558 |
| 1894 | — | — | 13 | #568 |
| 1893 | — | — | 10 | #657 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,295 | 13 | #574 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,354 | 8 | #709 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,227 | 13 | #538 |
| 1889 | — | — | 11 | #588 |
| 1888 | — | — | 13 | #555 |
| 1887 | — | — | 6 | #830 |
| 1886 | — | — | 8 | #702 |
| 1885 | — | — | 5 | #950 |
| 1884 | — | — | 6 | #861 |
| 1883 | — | — | 7 | #730 |
| 1882 | — | — | 11 | #579 |
| 1880 | — | — | 5 | #926 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).