Bernice

Boy · recorded 1883–1993

  • 1993last recorded
  • 1905best year

Most popular in 1905.

Last recorded in 1993. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Bernice.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1883

07615118831911193819661993

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 93 recorded years as a table
Bernice, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188367
188841
188963
189072
1891109
189241
189452
189551
189675
1897142
189873
189975
190066
1902114
190392
1904125
1905151
1906150
1907150
190897
1909128
1910144
1911111
191272
191399
1914102
1915110
1916104
191779
1918114
1919105
1920107
1921108
1922111
192395
192497
192580
192687
1927102
192886
192984
193068
193169
193283
193373
193467
193572
193654
193746
193839
193946
194042
194134
194238
194327
194426
194518
194615
194720
194811
194920
195012
195115
195212
19538
195411
195511
195611
19579
19589
19599
19606
19615
19626
19637
19648
19656
19669
19674
19686
19698
19705
19713
19726
19736
19744
19754
19763
19773
19783
19823
19902
19933

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Bernice isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1993
6
Rank in 1993
#7,638
How rare
1 in 326,888 boys
Since 1883
3,403

Bernice was last recorded in 1993. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1905, at 151 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Bernice doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.