How Many People Are Named Berenice?
people named Berenice are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 46,526 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,524 babies named Berenice in Social Security records from 1883 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
331 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French form of BERENICE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Berenice in English. Counting Berenice and these spellings together, about 47,491 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Berenice (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Berenice alive today is about 27 years old, and 64% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 32 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Berenice first appears in the records in 1883 and was given most often in 1995, to 331 babies. In 2025, 28 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1883 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Berenice has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #510, in 1898. In 2025 it ranked #4,783.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,783 |
| Best rank | #510 (1898) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #812 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Berenice alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Berenice were born in California than in any other state: about 2,982 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Berenice was given 3.5 times as often in California, 2.7 times in Arizona and 2.2 times in Texas.
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