Bernice was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #39 in 1921 but is far less common today.
Bernice is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #4,082 for girl births in the United States (and #7,131 across all names), given to 35 babies. Bernice was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1921 (6,190 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | 35 | #4,082 | — |
| 2024 | 39 | 39 | #3,832 | — |
| 2023 | 36 | 36 | #4,060 | — |
| 2022 | 42 | 42 | #3,658 | — |
| 2021 | 52 | 52 | #3,117 | — |
| 2020 | 42 | 42 | #3,553 | — |
| 2019 | 54 | 54 | #3,009 | — |
| 2018 | 64 | 64 | #2,689 | — |
| 2017 | 71 | 71 | #2,517 | — |
| 2016 | 53 | 53 | #3,108 | — |
| 2015 | 57 | 57 | #3,004 | — |
| 2014 | 66 | 66 | #2,658 | — |
| 2013 | 71 | 71 | #2,512 | — |
| 2012 | 47 | 47 | #3,426 | — |
| 2011 | 62 | 62 | #2,801 | — |
| 2010 | 66 | 66 | #2,700 | — |
| 2009 | 80 | 80 | #2,403 | — |
| 2008 | 85 | 85 | #2,298 | — |
| 2007 | 80 | 80 | #2,372 | — |
| 2006 | 81 | 81 | #2,330 | — |
| 2005 | 84 | 84 | #2,185 | — |
| 2004 | 86 | 86 | #2,101 | — |
| 2003 | 82 | 82 | #2,126 | — |
| 2002 | 88 | 88 | #1,987 | — |
| 2001 | 105 | 105 | #1,716 | — |
| 2000 | 97 | 97 | #1,791 | — |
| 1999 | 122 | 122 | #1,431 | — |
| 1998 | 101 | 101 | #1,609 | — |
| 1997 | 111 | — | #1,476 | — |
| 1996 | 116 | — | #1,424 | — |
| 1995 | 109 | — | #1,466 | — |
| 1994 | 137 | — | #1,252 | — |
| 1993 | 132 | — | #1,326 | #7,729 |
| 1992 | 138 | — | #1,254 | — |
| 1991 | 143 | — | #1,206 | — |
| 1990 | 151 | — | #1,176 | #8,243 |
| 1989 | 144 | — | #1,145 | — |
| 1988 | 140 | — | #1,110 | — |
| 1987 | 132 | — | #1,128 | — |
| 1986 | 107 | — | #1,260 | — |
| 1985 | 146 | — | #1,031 | — |
| 1984 | 157 | — | #936 | — |
| 1983 | 143 | — | #1,000 | — |
| 1982 | 180 | — | #884 | #5,703 |
| 1981 | 169 | — | #891 | — |
| 1980 | 177 | — | #868 | — |
| 1979 | 165 | — | #903 | — |
| 1978 | 189 | — | #811 | #5,885 |
| 1977 | 187 | — | #824 | #5,935 |
| 1976 | 260 | — | #613 | #5,682 |
| 1975 | 228 | — | #674 | #4,854 |
| 1974 | 269 | — | #601 | #4,227 |
| 1973 | 275 | — | #592 | #3,248 |
| 1972 | 299 | — | #569 | #3,179 |
| 1971 | 331 | — | #553 | #4,983 |
| 1970 | 384 | — | #518 | #3,304 |
| 1969 | 399 | — | #495 | #2,318 |
| 1968 | 430 | — | #469 | #2,748 |
| 1967 | 464 | — | #441 | #3,268 |
| 1966 | 486 | — | #433 | #1,973 |
| 1965 | 577 | — | #389 | #2,378 |
| 1964 | 667 | — | #373 | #2,046 |
| 1963 | 717 | — | #359 | #2,121 |
| 1962 | 773 | — | #342 | #2,385 |
| 1961 | 774 | — | #344 | #2,727 |
| 1960 | 884 | — | #319 | #2,434 |
| 1959 | 872 | — | #319 | #1,809 |
| 1958 | 908 | — | #301 | #1,846 |
| 1957 | 1,001 | — | #288 | #1,840 |
| 1956 | 1,055 | — | #266 | #1,643 |
| 1955 | 1,068 | — | #256 | #1,615 |
| 1954 | 1,097 | — | #249 | #1,630 |
| 1953 | 1,172 | — | #237 | #1,967 |
| 1952 | 1,236 | — | #227 | #1,550 |
| 1951 | 1,314 | — | #213 | #1,410 |
| 1950 | 1,321 | — | #206 | #1,618 |
| 1949 | 1,415 | — | #198 | #1,207 |
| 1948 | 1,508 | — | #185 | #1,708 |
| 1947 | 1,724 | — | #172 | #1,216 |
| 1946 | 1,493 | — | #179 | #1,410 |
| 1945 | 1,501 | — | #157 | #1,350 |
| 1944 | 1,693 | — | #149 | #1,109 |
| 1943 | 1,928 | — | #143 | #1,109 |
| 1942 | 2,014 | — | #137 | #923 |
| 1941 | 1,976 | — | #133 | #988 |
| 1940 | 2,136 | — | #121 | #907 |
| 1939 | 2,174 | — | #116 | #857 |
| 1938 | 2,333 | — | #112 | #964 |
| 1937 | 2,433 | — | #104 | #881 |
| 1936 | 2,596 | — | #95 | #816 |
| 1935 | 2,852 | — | #90 | #697 |
| 1934 | 3,049 | — | #82 | #733 |
| 1933 | 3,081 | — | #83 | #711 |
| 1932 | 3,629 | — | #71 | #652 |
| 1931 | 3,893 | — | #63 | #719 |
| 1930 | 4,514 | — | #58 | #730 |
| 1929 | 4,641 | — | #55 | #649 |
| 1928 | 5,038 | — | #53 | #638 |
| 1927 | 5,420 | — | #49 | #576 |
| 1926 | 5,540 | — | #45 | #639 |
| 1925 | 5,817 | — | #46 | #678 |
| 1924 | 6,143 | — | #47 | #609 |
| 1923 | 5,913 | — | #43 | #626 |
| 1922 | 6,033 | — | #41 | #584 |
| 1921 | 6,309 | — | #39 | #581 |
| 1920 | 6,042 | — | #40 | #583 |
| 1919 | 5,896 | — | #42 | #593 |
| 1918 | 6,008 | — | #41 | #561 |
| 1917 | 5,619 | — | #42 | #715 |
| 1916 | 5,276 | — | #42 | #604 |
| 1915 | 5,030 | — | #42 | #591 |
| 1914 | 3,797 | — | #43 | #617 |
| 1913 | 3,087 | — | #45 | #616 |
| 1912 | 2,624 | — | #51 | #785 |
| 1911 | 1,940 | — | #51 | #609 |
| 1910 | 1,749 | — | #58 | #539 |
| 1909 | 1,358 | — | #62 | #575 |
| 1908 | 1,378 | — | #61 | #688 |
| 1907 | 1,207 | — | #65 | #495 |
| 1906 | 1,127 | — | #66 | #506 |
| 1905 | 1,052 | — | #74 | #507 |
| 1904 | 978 | — | #75 | #568 |
| 1903 | 879 | — | #77 | #703 |
| 1902 | 808 | — | #81 | #589 |
| 1901 | 660 | — | #86 | — |
| 1900 | 712 | — | #96 | #845 |
| 1899 | 523 | — | #103 | #791 |
| 1898 | 628 | — | #96 | #747 |
| 1897 | 535 | — | #103 | #497 |
| 1896 | 498 | — | #104 | #782 |
| 1895 | 453 | — | #109 | #992 |
| 1894 | 395 | — | #121 | #967 |
| 1893 | 340 | — | #125 | — |
| 1892 | 304 | — | #137 | #1,082 |
| 1891 | 259 | — | #142 | #567 |
| 1890 | 237 | — | #155 | #747 |
| 1889 | 213 | — | #154 | #802 |
| 1888 | 162 | — | #177 | #1,051 |
| 1887 | 127 | — | #178 | — |
| 1886 | 135 | — | #173 | — |
| 1885 | 96 | — | #193 | — |
| 1884 | 83 | — | #208 | — |
| 1883 | 76 | — | #210 | #729 |
| 1882 | 57 | — | #229 | — |
| 1881 | 48 | — | #222 | — |
| 1880 | 59 | — | #201 | — |