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Berneice

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Berneice is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 574th, in 1918.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1918154 births
Best rank
#574in 1918
Since 1891
3,208people given the name
Babies named Berneice, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

3,208 girls have been named Berneice in the United States since 1891, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 154 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 154 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1923, and the 1920s alone account for 34%. It has spent 37 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadegirls named Berneice
1890s54
1900s217
1910s908
1920s1,080
1930s548
1940s244
1950s115
1960s32
1970s10

In 1918, its biggest year

Berneice was the 574th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1918 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1918.

Names that rose and fell with Berneice

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.