How Many People Are Named Bernadette?
people named Bernadette are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 8,902 people in the US has this name
Based on 55,033 babies named Bernadette in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,494 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French feminine form of BERNARD. Saint Bernadette was a young woman from Lourdes in France who claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Bernadette (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bernadette alive today is about 57 years old, and 54% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 48 and 71 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bernadette first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1958, to 1,494 babies. In 2025, 241 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Bernadette has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #188, in 1946. In 2025 it ranked #1,034.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,034 |
| Best rank | #188 (1946) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #274 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bernadette alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bernadette were born in New York than in any other state: about 5,750 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bernadette was given 4.9 times as often in New Mexico, 4.8 times in Hawaii and 2.3 times in Pennsylvania.
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