Bernadette is an established girls' name that peaked in 1958 and has since faded.
Bernadette is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,034 for girl births in the United States (and #1,967 across all names), given to 241 babies. Bernadette was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1958 (1,494 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 241 | 241 | #1,034 | — |
| 2024 | 187 | 187 | #1,244 | — |
| 2023 | 189 | 189 | #1,237 | — |
| 2022 | 182 | 182 | #1,296 | — |
| 2021 | 208 | 208 | #1,175 | — |
| 2020 | 150 | 150 | #1,445 | — |
| 2019 | 139 | 139 | #1,549 | — |
| 2018 | 181 | 181 | #1,271 | — |
| 2017 | 177 | 177 | #1,318 | — |
| 2016 | 148 | 148 | #1,526 | — |
| 2015 | 155 | 155 | #1,479 | — |
| 2014 | 134 | 134 | #1,604 | — |
| 2013 | 95 | 95 | #2,035 | — |
| 2012 | 88 | 88 | #2,149 | — |
| 2011 | 63 | 63 | #2,773 | — |
| 2010 | 79 | 79 | #2,388 | — |
| 2009 | 77 | 77 | #2,467 | — |
| 2008 | 78 | 78 | #2,444 | — |
| 2007 | 74 | 74 | #2,516 | — |
| 2006 | 95 | 95 | #2,070 | — |
| 2005 | 91 | 91 | #2,062 | — |
| 2004 | 96 | 96 | #1,945 | — |
| 2003 | 99 | 99 | #1,860 | — |
| 2002 | 101 | 101 | #1,781 | — |
| 2001 | 125 | 125 | #1,499 | — |
| 2000 | 110 | 110 | #1,603 | — |
| 1999 | 151 | 151 | #1,244 | — |
| 1998 | 174 | 174 | #1,106 | — |
| 1997 | 158 | — | #1,166 | — |
| 1996 | 170 | — | #1,088 | — |
| 1995 | 174 | — | #1,039 | — |
| 1994 | 185 | — | #1,006 | — |
| 1993 | 215 | — | #895 | — |
| 1992 | 235 | — | #846 | — |
| 1991 | 237 | — | #845 | — |
| 1990 | 281 | — | #739 | — |
| 1989 | 235 | — | #810 | — |
| 1988 | 270 | — | #706 | — |
| 1987 | 288 | — | #653 | — |
| 1986 | 274 | — | #668 | — |
| 1985 | 268 | — | #673 | — |
| 1984 | 321 | — | #572 | — |
| 1983 | 370 | — | #520 | #6,341 |
| 1982 | 436 | — | #478 | — |
| 1981 | 380 | — | #517 | — |
| 1980 | 434 | — | #484 | — |
| 1979 | 461 | — | #444 | — |
| 1978 | 462 | — | #432 | — |
| 1977 | 559 | — | #384 | #4,635 |
| 1976 | 538 | — | #382 | — |
| 1975 | 545 | — | #381 | — |
| 1974 | 571 | — | #374 | — |
| 1973 | 612 | — | #351 | #4,560 |
| 1972 | 637 | — | #349 | — |
| 1971 | 747 | — | #342 | #4,002 |
| 1970 | 775 | — | #340 | — |
| 1969 | 842 | — | #311 | #3,987 |
| 1968 | 922 | — | #287 | — |
| 1967 | 1,225 | — | #237 | #3,012 |
| 1966 | 1,116 | — | #255 | #3,996 |
| 1965 | 911 | — | #292 | — |
| 1964 | 940 | — | #304 | #3,637 |
| 1963 | 1,025 | — | #285 | #4,088 |
| 1962 | 1,141 | — | #264 | #4,092 |
| 1961 | 1,208 | — | #256 | — |
| 1960 | 1,424 | — | #226 | — |
| 1959 | 1,392 | — | #227 | — |
| 1958 | 1,494 | — | #213 | — |
| 1957 | 989 | — | #281 | — |
| 1956 | 927 | — | #292 | — |
| 1955 | 960 | — | #278 | — |
| 1954 | 999 | — | #263 | — |
| 1953 | 912 | — | #273 | — |
| 1952 | 995 | — | #249 | — |
| 1951 | 990 | — | #245 | — |
| 1950 | 1,043 | — | #233 | — |
| 1949 | 1,141 | — | #220 | — |
| 1948 | 1,185 | — | #211 | — |
| 1947 | 1,253 | — | #211 | — |
| 1946 | 1,321 | — | #188 | — |
| 1945 | 1,016 | — | #196 | — |
| 1944 | 1,035 | — | #195 | — |
| 1943 | 655 | — | #272 | — |
| 1942 | 373 | — | #364 | — |
| 1941 | 329 | — | #373 | — |
| 1940 | 323 | — | #364 | — |
| 1939 | 353 | — | #338 | — |
| 1938 | 367 | — | #331 | — |
| 1937 | 336 | — | #351 | — |
| 1936 | 382 | — | #309 | — |
| 1935 | 395 | — | #315 | — |
| 1934 | 619 | — | #252 | — |
| 1933 | 394 | — | #312 | — |
| 1932 | 315 | — | #360 | — |
| 1931 | 288 | — | #382 | — |
| 1930 | 323 | — | #379 | — |
| 1929 | 328 | — | #371 | — |
| 1928 | 371 | — | #351 | — |
| 1927 | 372 | — | #348 | — |
| 1926 | 368 | — | #350 | — |
| 1925 | 363 | — | #359 | — |
| 1924 | 347 | — | #368 | — |
| 1923 | 359 | — | #349 | — |
| 1922 | 339 | — | #356 | — |
| 1921 | 356 | — | #346 | — |
| 1920 | 330 | — | #360 | — |
| 1919 | 303 | — | #372 | — |
| 1918 | 283 | — | #389 | — |
| 1917 | 269 | — | #384 | — |
| 1916 | 253 | — | #393 | — |
| 1915 | 256 | — | #378 | — |
| 1914 | 201 | — | #377 | — |
| 1913 | 183 | — | #359 | — |
| 1912 | 142 | — | #387 | — |
| 1911 | 92 | — | #424 | — |
| 1910 | 96 | — | #402 | — |
| 1909 | 93 | — | #385 | — |
| 1908 | 95 | — | #370 | — |
| 1907 | 62 | — | #455 | — |
| 1906 | 55 | — | #459 | — |
| 1905 | 46 | — | #498 | — |
| 1904 | 46 | — | #486 | — |
| 1903 | 56 | — | #425 | — |
| 1902 | 53 | — | #427 | — |
| 1901 | 45 | — | #441 | — |
| 1900 | 47 | — | #495 | — |
| 1899 | 51 | — | #408 | — |
| 1898 | 48 | — | #442 | — |
| 1897 | 41 | — | #458 | — |
| 1896 | 49 | — | #409 | — |
| 1895 | 40 | — | #456 | — |
| 1894 | 32 | — | #506 | — |
| 1893 | 26 | — | #548 | — |
| 1892 | 22 | — | #592 | — |
| 1891 | 19 | — | #610 | — |
| 1890 | 20 | — | #581 | — |
| 1889 | 23 | — | #534 | — |
| 1888 | 16 | — | #642 | — |
| 1887 | 12 | — | #664 | — |
| 1886 | 10 | — | #736 | — |
| 1885 | 7 | — | #852 | — |
| 1884 | 6 | — | #939 | — |
| 1882 | 6 | — | #821 | — |
| 1881 | 5 | — | #842 | — |
| 1880 | 8 | — | #634 | — |