How Many People Are Named Bernita?
people named Bernita are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 144,824 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,630 babies named Bernita in Social Security records from 1900 to 2000, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
117 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Bernita in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bernita alive today is about 65 years old, and 69% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 57 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bernita first appears in the records in 1900 and was given most often in 1954, to 117 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2000.
Babies given the name each year, 1900 to 2000
🏆 Rank History
Bernita has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #689, in 1933.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #689 (1933) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,088 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bernita alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bernita were born in Illinois than in any other state: about 125 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bernita was given 9.3 times as often in Kansas, 7.4 times in Iowa and 3.6 times in Illinois.
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