How Many People Are Named Bernadine?

7,612

people named Bernadine are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 44,900 people in the US has this name

Based on 21,933 babies named Bernadine in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,901

πŸ’ŽπŸ’Ž Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,619

See the top 100

Peak Year

1924

563 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

πŸ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: BUR-nΙ™-deen
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Feminine form of BERNARD.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Bernadine in the records were girls.

πŸ‘₯ Age Distribution

The average person named Bernadine alive today is about 71 years old, and 83% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 63 and 81 in 2025.

Under 30 172
2.3%
30 to 59 1,143
15%
60 and over 6,296
82.7%

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Bernadine first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1924, to 563 babies. In 2025, 6 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025

πŸ† Rank History

Bernadine has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #264, in 1931. In 2025 it ranked #13,460.

Girls
Rank in 2025#13,460
Best rank#264 (1931)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#287 in the 1920s

πŸ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Bernadine alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Bernadine were born in Illinois than in any other state: about 768 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bernadine was given 2.9 times as often in Wisconsin, 2.8 times in Illinois and 2.4 times in Iowa.

Illinois 768
Pennsylvania 715
Michigan 433
Louisiana 423
New York 383
California 355
Ohio 346
Texas 244
Wisconsin 222
Minnesota 157
New Jersey 139
Maryland 130
New Mexico 126
Missouri 113
Colorado 98
Hawaii 90
Indiana 88
North Dakota 83
Mississippi 79
North Carolina 77
Arizona 70
Iowa 70
Virginia 63
Alabama 57
Florida 52
Washington 51
South Dakota 40
West Virginia 37
Kentucky 32
Kansas 29
Georgia 23
Nebraska 20
South Carolina 14
Montana 14
Massachusetts 10
Tennessee 9
Arkansas 6
Delaware 6
District of Columbia 5
Oklahoma 4
Connecticut 4
Oregon 3

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