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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Berneice

Berneice was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1918, when it ranked 574th with 154 babies. More babies were named Berneice 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
1918154 babies
Total since 1880
3,208babies recorded

Berneice popularity since 1880

050100150200 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——
1970#8,0945
1960#4,4679
1950#2,66715
1940#1,27334
1930#91064
1920#651123
1910#68039
1900#86319
1890——
1880——

How popular is Berneice, counting every spelling?

Berneice has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Berneice?

About 400 people born in the US named Berneice are alive today, with a median age of 82; half are between 73 and 88. That makes Berneice 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.

Berneice by state

How common Berneice was among girls born in each state in 1916–1920, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Iowa (3.3×), Indiana (2.5×), Missouri (2.3×), Kansas (2.3×), Arkansas (2.2×). In 34 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: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesWI0.09Vermont: 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: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesMN0.24Illinois: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesIL0.18Michigan: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesMI0.24New 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: 0.38 per 1,000 babiesIA0.38Indiana: 0.29 per 1,000 babiesIN0.29Ohio: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesOH0.08Pennsylvania: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesPA0.02New 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: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesNE0.17Missouri: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesMO0.27Kentucky: 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: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesKS0.27Arkansas: 0.25 per 1,000 babiesAR0.25Tennessee: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesTN0.04North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesOK0.23Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesMS0.12Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesTX0.16Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Berneice, girls, 1916–1920. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Berneice

How popular is the name Berneice?

Berneice was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1918, when it ranked 574th with 154 babies. More babies were named Berneice in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Berneice a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 3,208 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Berneice most popular?

In 1916–1920, Berneice was most common in Iowa (0.38 per 1,000 girls), followed by Indiana and Missouri.