Berenice is an uncommon variant of Bernice that peaked in 1995 and has since faded.
Berenice is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #4,784 for girl births in the United States (and #8,294 across all names), given to 28 babies. Berenice was first reported in SSA data in 1883 and peaked in 1995 (326 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | 28 | #4,784 | — |
| 2024 | 40 | 40 | #3,769 | — |
| 2023 | 43 | 43 | #3,599 | — |
| 2022 | 41 | 41 | #3,713 | — |
| 2021 | 47 | 47 | #3,350 | — |
| 2020 | 63 | 63 | #2,662 | — |
| 2019 | 79 | 79 | #2,290 | — |
| 2018 | 72 | 72 | #2,459 | — |
| 2017 | 91 | 91 | #2,112 | — |
| 2016 | 89 | 89 | #2,172 | — |
| 2015 | 59 | 59 | #2,935 | — |
| 2014 | 73 | 73 | #2,473 | — |
| 2013 | 102 | 102 | #1,941 | — |
| 2012 | 129 | 129 | #1,653 | — |
| 2011 | 109 | 109 | #1,843 | — |
| 2010 | 147 | 147 | #1,521 | — |
| 2009 | 228 | 228 | #1,112 | — |
| 2008 | 192 | 192 | #1,295 | — |
| 2007 | 204 | 204 | #1,224 | — |
| 2006 | 252 | 252 | #1,015 | — |
| 2005 | 235 | 235 | #1,030 | — |
| 2004 | 231 | 231 | #1,020 | — |
| 2003 | 282 | 282 | #857 | — |
| 2002 | 274 | 274 | #843 | — |
| 2001 | 308 | 316 | #770 | — |
| 2000 | 276 | 276 | #818 | — |
| 1999 | 263 | 263 | #825 | — |
| 1998 | 282 | 282 | #762 | — |
| 1997 | 236 | — | #865 | — |
| 1996 | 281 | — | #752 | — |
| 1995 | 331 | — | #656 | #9,006 |
| 1994 | 268 | — | #766 | — |
| 1993 | 306 | — | #711 | #7,727 |
| 1992 | 242 | — | #827 | — |
| 1991 | 202 | — | #942 | — |
| 1990 | 152 | — | #1,137 | — |
| 1989 | 164 | — | #1,042 | — |
| 1988 | 111 | — | #1,301 | — |
| 1987 | 81 | — | #1,554 | — |
| 1986 | 80 | — | #1,526 | — |
| 1985 | 71 | — | #1,650 | — |
| 1984 | 63 | — | #1,730 | — |
| 1983 | 55 | — | #1,888 | — |
| 1982 | 64 | — | #1,738 | — |
| 1981 | 51 | — | #2,029 | — |
| 1980 | 48 | — | #2,130 | — |
| 1979 | 29 | — | #2,935 | — |
| 1978 | 26 | — | #3,014 | — |
| 1977 | 38 | — | #2,344 | — |
| 1976 | 21 | — | #3,296 | — |
| 1975 | 20 | — | #3,408 | — |
| 1974 | 21 | — | #3,221 | — |
| 1973 | 9 | — | #5,617 | — |
| 1972 | 9 | — | #5,512 | — |
| 1970 | 9 | — | #5,440 | — |
| 1969 | 6 | — | #6,690 | — |
| 1968 | 6 | — | #6,314 | — |
| 1967 | 10 | — | #4,324 | — |
| 1966 | 5 | — | #6,640 | — |
| 1965 | 8 | — | #4,863 | — |
| 1964 | 7 | — | #5,517 | — |
| 1962 | 8 | — | #4,893 | — |
| 1961 | 6 | — | #5,903 | — |
| 1960 | 5 | — | #6,447 | — |
| 1959 | 7 | — | #5,076 | — |
| 1957 | 5 | — | #6,150 | — |
| 1956 | 10 | — | #3,932 | — |
| 1955 | 9 | — | #4,094 | — |
| 1954 | 12 | — | #3,339 | — |
| 1953 | 7 | — | #4,622 | — |
| 1952 | 8 | — | #4,154 | — |
| 1951 | 8 | — | #4,046 | — |
| 1950 | 12 | — | #3,067 | — |
| 1949 | 6 | — | #4,716 | — |
| 1948 | 8 | — | #3,914 | — |
| 1947 | 10 | — | #3,465 | — |
| 1946 | 9 | — | #3,441 | — |
| 1945 | 9 | — | #3,158 | — |
| 1944 | 13 | — | #2,525 | — |
| 1943 | 9 | — | #3,269 | — |
| 1942 | 10 | — | #3,003 | — |
| 1941 | 19 | — | #1,889 | — |
| 1940 | 17 | — | #1,969 | — |
| 1939 | 20 | — | #1,743 | — |
| 1938 | 11 | — | #2,601 | — |
| 1937 | 18 | — | #1,851 | — |
| 1936 | 14 | — | #2,164 | — |
| 1935 | 22 | — | #1,610 | — |
| 1934 | 17 | — | #1,927 | — |
| 1933 | 26 | — | #1,444 | — |
| 1932 | 18 | — | #1,885 | — |
| 1931 | 17 | — | #1,950 | — |
| 1930 | 27 | — | #1,505 | — |
| 1929 | 27 | — | #1,492 | — |
| 1928 | 33 | — | #1,341 | — |
| 1927 | 55 | — | #1,035 | — |
| 1926 | 49 | — | #1,070 | — |
| 1925 | 56 | — | #997 | — |
| 1924 | 70 | — | #905 | — |
| 1923 | 72 | — | #865 | — |
| 1922 | 51 | — | #1,061 | — |
| 1921 | 68 | — | #892 | — |
| 1920 | 89 | — | #771 | — |
| 1919 | 83 | — | #773 | — |
| 1918 | 89 | — | #756 | — |
| 1917 | 95 | — | #709 | — |
| 1916 | 97 | — | #695 | — |
| 1915 | 104 | — | #648 | — |
| 1914 | 54 | — | #790 | — |
| 1913 | 52 | — | #722 | — |
| 1912 | 60 | — | #640 | — |
| 1911 | 46 | — | #636 | — |
| 1910 | 32 | — | #755 | — |
| 1909 | 30 | — | #732 | — |
| 1908 | 35 | — | #652 | — |
| 1907 | 28 | — | #711 | — |
| 1906 | 26 | — | #718 | — |
| 1905 | 21 | — | #800 | — |
| 1904 | 25 | — | #702 | — |
| 1903 | 36 | — | #539 | — |
| 1902 | 29 | — | #612 | — |
| 1901 | 29 | — | #577 | — |
| 1900 | 29 | — | #657 | — |
| 1899 | 25 | — | #617 | — |
| 1898 | 37 | — | #510 | — |
| 1897 | 23 | — | #645 | — |
| 1896 | 29 | — | #565 | — |
| 1895 | 23 | — | #640 | — |
| 1894 | 23 | — | #609 | — |
| 1893 | 23 | — | #595 | — |
| 1892 | 20 | — | #643 | — |
| 1891 | 19 | — | #609 | — |
| 1890 | 9 | — | #948 | — |
| 1889 | 20 | — | #570 | — |
| 1887 | 12 | — | #663 | — |
| 1886 | 5 | — | #1,124 | — |
| 1885 | 7 | — | #851 | — |
| 1884 | 5 | — | #1,041 | — |
| 1883 | 8 | — | #701 | — |