Bernita is an uncommon girls' name that was most common in the 1950s and has all but disappeared.
Bernita is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2000. Bernita was first reported in SSA data in 1900 and peaked in 1954 (117 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | #15,372 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | #14,010 |
| 1995 | 7 | — | #10,649 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | #13,694 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | #13,697 |
| 1992 | 6 | — | #11,918 |
| 1991 | 11 | — | #7,484 |
| 1990 | 16 | — | #5,585 |
| 1989 | 13 | — | #6,196 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | #9,346 |
| 1987 | 12 | — | #5,957 |
| 1986 | 16 | — | #4,748 |
| 1985 | 15 | — | #4,883 |
| 1984 | 19 | — | #4,010 |
| 1983 | 28 | — | #2,986 |
| 1982 | 16 | — | #4,546 |
| 1981 | 26 | — | #3,257 |
| 1980 | 21 | — | #3,731 |
| 1979 | 26 | — | #3,153 |
| 1978 | 19 | — | #3,790 |
| 1977 | 21 | — | #3,492 |
| 1976 | 26 | — | #2,872 |
| 1975 | 21 | — | #3,276 |
| 1974 | 34 | — | #2,297 |
| 1973 | 39 | — | #2,067 |
| 1972 | 34 | — | #2,229 |
| 1971 | 48 | — | #1,828 |
| 1970 | 54 | — | #1,706 |
| 1969 | 48 | — | #1,755 |
| 1968 | 59 | — | #1,475 |
| 1967 | 58 | — | #1,460 |
| 1966 | 67 | — | #1,321 |
| 1965 | 67 | — | #1,339 |
| 1964 | 74 | — | #1,293 |
| 1963 | 91 | — | #1,147 |
| 1962 | 83 | — | #1,213 |
| 1961 | 73 | — | #1,297 |
| 1960 | 80 | — | #1,220 |
| 1959 | 76 | — | #1,225 |
| 1958 | 79 | — | #1,197 |
| 1957 | 76 | — | #1,212 |
| 1956 | 89 | — | #1,096 |
| 1955 | 88 | — | #1,075 |
| 1954 | 117 | — | #888 |
| 1953 | 96 | — | #976 |
| 1952 | 92 | — | #983 |
| 1951 | 88 | — | #996 |
| 1950 | 70 | — | #1,099 |
| 1949 | 74 | — | #1,039 |
| 1948 | 51 | — | #1,286 |
| 1947 | 56 | — | #1,206 |
| 1946 | 65 | — | #1,050 |
| 1945 | 48 | — | #1,132 |
| 1944 | 51 | — | #1,091 |
| 1943 | 66 | — | #976 |
| 1942 | 64 | — | #979 |
| 1941 | 55 | — | #986 |
| 1940 | 55 | — | #964 |
| 1939 | 54 | — | #961 |
| 1938 | 59 | — | #923 |
| 1937 | 50 | — | #993 |
| 1936 | 74 | — | #785 |
| 1935 | 74 | — | #785 |
| 1934 | 87 | — | #712 |
| 1933 | 89 | — | #689 |
| 1932 | 57 | — | #934 |
| 1931 | 68 | — | #831 |
| 1930 | 73 | — | #831 |
| 1929 | 67 | — | #868 |
| 1928 | 85 | — | #779 |
| 1927 | 64 | — | #937 |
| 1926 | 81 | — | #805 |
| 1925 | 89 | — | #784 |
| 1924 | 85 | — | #809 |
| 1923 | 73 | — | #859 |
| 1922 | 59 | — | #969 |
| 1921 | 70 | — | #885 |
| 1920 | 81 | — | #807 |
| 1919 | 65 | — | #870 |
| 1918 | 93 | — | #739 |
| 1917 | 51 | — | #979 |
| 1916 | 56 | — | #905 |
| 1915 | 53 | — | #903 |
| 1914 | 41 | — | #920 |
| 1913 | 32 | — | #948 |
| 1912 | 26 | — | #1,006 |
| 1911 | 18 | — | #1,037 |
| 1910 | 17 | — | #1,075 |
| 1909 | 9 | — | #1,481 |
| 1906 | 5 | — | #1,981 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | #1,964 |
| 1900 | 9 | — | #1,331 |