How Many People Are Named Berniece?
people named Berniece are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 281,304 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,909 babies named Berniece in Social Security records from 1886 to 2013, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
ππ Very Rare
Peak Year
476 births
Trend
Last year given
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of BERNICE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Berniece in English. Counting Berniece and these spellings together, about 47,491 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Berniece in the records were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Berniece alive today is about 77 years old, and 89% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 71 and 88 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Berniece first appears in the records in 1886 and was given most often in 1918, to 476 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2013.
Babies given the name each year, 1886 to 2013
π Rank History
Berniece has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #291, in 1918.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #291 (1918) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #361 in the 1920s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Berniece alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Berniece were born in Mississippi than in any other state: about 42 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Berniece was given 4 times as often in Iowa, 3.9 times in Nebraska and 3.9 times in South Dakota.
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