How Many People Are Named Bernardine?
people named Bernardine are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 358,265 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,128 babies named Bernardine in Social Security records from 1888 to 1978, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
85 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French feminine form of BERNARD.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Bernardine in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bernardine alive today is about 75 years old, and 90% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 67 and 83 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bernardine first appears in the records in 1888 and was given most often in 1925, to 85 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1978.
Babies given the name each year, 1888 to 1978
🏆 Rank History
Bernardine has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #777, in 1931.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #777 (1931) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #881 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bernardine alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bernardine were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 104 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bernardine was given 5.3 times as often in Pennsylvania, 3.1 times in Illinois and 2.6 times in Wisconsin.
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