Bernardo is an established variant of Bernard that peaked in 1995 and has grown less common since.
Bernardo is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,347 for boy births in the United States (and #2,822 across all names), given to 140 babies. Bernardo was first reported in SSA data in 1888 and peaked in 1995 (240 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 140 | 140 | #1,347 |
| 2024 | 143 | 143 | #1,341 |
| 2023 | 146 | 146 | #1,310 |
| 2022 | 146 | 146 | #1,301 |
| 2021 | 121 | 121 | #1,480 |
| 2020 | 114 | 114 | #1,490 |
| 2019 | 165 | 165 | #1,171 |
| 2018 | 140 | 140 | #1,300 |
| 2017 | 125 | 125 | #1,404 |
| 2016 | 137 | 137 | #1,314 |
| 2015 | 131 | 131 | #1,340 |
| 2014 | 108 | 108 | #1,493 |
| 2013 | 132 | 132 | #1,307 |
| 2012 | 118 | 118 | #1,409 |
| 2011 | 138 | 138 | #1,251 |
| 2010 | 140 | 140 | #1,251 |
| 2009 | 167 | 167 | #1,106 |
| 2008 | 170 | 170 | #1,091 |
| 2007 | 202 | 202 | #971 |
| 2006 | 188 | 188 | #985 |
| 2005 | 182 | 182 | #959 |
| 2004 | 197 | 197 | #879 |
| 2003 | 164 | 164 | #975 |
| 2002 | 195 | 195 | #848 |
| 2001 | 189 | 189 | #849 |
| 2000 | 173 | 179 | #899 |
| 1999 | 169 | 175 | #891 |
| 1998 | 193 | 193 | #791 |
| 1997 | 192 | — | #776 |
| 1996 | 212 | — | #726 |
| 1995 | 240 | — | #683 |
| 1994 | 236 | — | #672 |
| 1993 | 202 | — | #733 |
| 1992 | 162 | — | #830 |
| 1991 | 193 | — | #731 |
| 1990 | 178 | — | #761 |
| 1989 | 180 | — | #737 |
| 1988 | 164 | — | #738 |
| 1987 | 124 | — | #837 |
| 1986 | 157 | — | #722 |
| 1985 | 109 | — | #866 |
| 1984 | 102 | — | #871 |
| 1983 | 127 | — | #773 |
| 1982 | 115 | — | #827 |
| 1981 | 145 | — | #717 |
| 1980 | 144 | — | #729 |
| 1979 | 115 | — | #813 |
| 1978 | 91 | — | #901 |
| 1977 | 93 | — | #875 |
| 1976 | 131 | — | #731 |
| 1975 | 111 | — | #788 |
| 1974 | 115 | — | #755 |
| 1973 | 112 | — | #757 |
| 1972 | 106 | — | #776 |
| 1971 | 105 | — | #787 |
| 1970 | 93 | — | #835 |
| 1969 | 93 | — | #800 |
| 1968 | 74 | — | #844 |
| 1967 | 85 | — | #791 |
| 1966 | 70 | — | #871 |
| 1965 | 83 | — | #809 |
| 1964 | 81 | — | #846 |
| 1963 | 77 | — | #855 |
| 1962 | 75 | — | #881 |
| 1961 | 68 | — | #929 |
| 1960 | 68 | — | #916 |
| 1959 | 83 | — | #834 |
| 1958 | 76 | — | #867 |
| 1957 | 52 | — | #1,052 |
| 1956 | 52 | — | #1,046 |
| 1955 | 55 | — | #1,011 |
| 1954 | 70 | — | #877 |
| 1953 | 51 | — | #1,016 |
| 1952 | 63 | — | #883 |
| 1951 | 48 | — | #1,022 |
| 1950 | 50 | — | #978 |
| 1949 | 65 | — | #849 |
| 1948 | 52 | — | #965 |
| 1947 | 54 | — | #969 |
| 1946 | 53 | — | #914 |
| 1945 | 47 | — | #943 |
| 1944 | 41 | — | #1,022 |
| 1943 | 41 | — | #1,057 |
| 1942 | 33 | — | #1,215 |
| 1941 | 33 | — | #1,154 |
| 1940 | 29 | — | #1,251 |
| 1939 | 35 | — | #1,086 |
| 1938 | 26 | — | #1,313 |
| 1937 | 35 | — | #1,097 |
| 1936 | 27 | — | #1,273 |
| 1935 | 35 | — | #1,099 |
| 1934 | 30 | — | #1,217 |
| 1933 | 25 | — | #1,333 |
| 1932 | 37 | — | #1,113 |
| 1931 | 42 | — | #1,034 |
| 1930 | 43 | — | #1,054 |
| 1929 | 43 | — | #1,046 |
| 1928 | 47 | — | #1,007 |
| 1927 | 42 | — | #1,099 |
| 1926 | 36 | — | #1,192 |
| 1925 | 42 | — | #1,077 |
| 1924 | 34 | — | #1,250 |
| 1923 | 45 | — | #1,059 |
| 1922 | 22 | — | #1,653 |
| 1921 | 32 | — | #1,300 |
| 1920 | 40 | — | #1,120 |
| 1919 | 34 | — | #1,207 |
| 1918 | 39 | — | #1,096 |
| 1917 | 22 | — | #1,536 |
| 1916 | 25 | — | #1,380 |
| 1915 | 16 | — | #1,796 |
| 1914 | 12 | — | #1,879 |
| 1913 | 27 | — | #951 |
| 1912 | 11 | — | #1,534 |
| 1911 | 11 | — | #1,047 |
| 1910 | 7 | — | #1,326 |
| 1909 | 7 | — | #1,165 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | #1,390 |
| 1907 | 8 | — | #1,007 |
| 1906 | 7 | — | #1,016 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | #1,161 |
| 1895 | 6 | — | #991 |
| 1888 | 6 | — | #927 |