How Many People Are Named Bernhard?
people named Bernhard are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 616,940 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,671 babies named Bernhard in Social Security records from 1880 to 2021, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
55 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
German, Dutch and Scandinavian form of BERNARD.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Bernhard in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bernhard alive today is about 60 years old, and 59% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 51 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bernhard first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1916, to 55 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2021.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2021
🏆 Rank History
Bernhard has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #591, in 1887.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #591 (1887) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,293 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bernhard alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bernhard were born in New York than in any other state: about 43 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bernhard was given about 7.2 times as often in New York.
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