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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Berna

Berna was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1929, when it ranked 1053rd with 48 babies. More babies were named Berna in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
192948 babies
Total since 1880
1,466babies recorded

Berna popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980#10,5495
1970#5,08410
1960#2,99617
1950#1,65532
1940#1,52426
1930#1,07547
1920#1,58727
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Berna, counting every spelling?

Berna has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Berna?

About 600 people born in the US named Berna are alive today, with a median age of 74; half are between 66 and 81. That makes Berna a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Berna by state

How common Berna was among girls born in each state in 1927–1931, around its peak. In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMO0.04Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesTX0.06Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Berna, girls, 1927–1931. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Berna: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Berna, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Berna

How popular is the name Berna?

Berna was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1929, when it ranked 1053rd with 48 babies. More babies were named Berna in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Berna a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,466 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Berna most popular?

In 1927–1931, Berna was most common in Texas (0.06 per 1,000 girls), followed by Missouri and New York.