How Many People Are Named Bernardo?
people named Bernardo are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 36,360 people in the US has this name
Based on 11,175 babies named Bernardo in Social Security records from 1888 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
240 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of BERNARD.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Bernardo in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bernardo alive today is about 32 years old, and 50% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 45 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bernardo first appears in the records in 1888 and was given most often in 1995, to 240 babies. In 2025, 140 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1888 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Bernardo has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #671, in 1994. In 2025 it ranked #1,347.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,347 |
| Best rank | #671 (1994) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #761 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bernardo alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bernardo were born in California than in any other state: about 2,867 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bernardo was given 3.9 times as often in Texas, 3.1 times in California and 2.8 times in Arizona.
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