Bernita
Bernita is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 689th, in 1933.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1954117 births
- Best rank
- #689in 1933
- Since 1900
- 4,629people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,629 girls have been named Bernita in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1954, with 117 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 117 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1946, and the 1950s alone account for 19%. It has spent 35 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Bernita | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 28 | |
| 1910s | 452 | |
| 1920s | 754 | |
| 1930s | 685 | |
| 1940s | 584 | |
| 1950s | 871 | |
| 1960s | 700 | |
| 1970s | 322 | |
| 1980s | 173 | |
| 1990s | 55 | |
| 2000s | 5 |
In 1954, its biggest year
Bernita was the 888th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1954 were Mary, Linda, Deborah, Patricia and Susan. See all of 1954.
Names that rose and fell with Bernita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lovettapeak 1928
- Doretheapeak 1956
- Doreathapeak 1928
- Dorinepeak 1932
- Glenapeak 1950
- Dorethapeak 1956
- Arlethapeak 1963
- Vernettepeak 1920
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.