Berna
Berna is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192948 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1895
- 1,466people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,466 girls have been named Berna in the United States since 1895, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1929, with 48 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 48 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1938, and the 1920s alone account for 21%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Berna | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 14 | |
| 1910s | 133 | |
| 1920s | 308 | |
| 1930s | 299 | |
| 1940s | 294 | |
| 1950s | 248 | |
| 1960s | 124 | |
| 1970s | 31 | |
| 1980s | 5 | |
| 1990s | 5 |
In 1929, its biggest year
Berna was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1929 were Mary, Betty, Dorothy, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1929.
Names that rose and fell with Berna
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Vernellpeak 1924
- Jeanpeak 1927
- Arletapeak 1932
- Eloispeak 1935
- Lupepeak 1927
- Earlinepeak 1927
- Geraldinepeak 1930
- Doreathapeak 1928
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.