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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Berniece

Berniece was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1918, when it ranked 291st with 476 babies. More babies were named Berniece 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
1918476 babies
Total since 1880
9,909babies recorded

Berniece popularity since 1880

0125250375500 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#15,2646
2000——
1990——
1980#10,5515
1970#7,1346
1960#2,74220
1950#1,62933
1940#80977
1930#442232
1920#309447
1910#354127
1900#57936
1890#1,0148
1880——

How popular is Berniece, counting every spelling?

Berniece has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Berniece?

About 1,100 people born in the US named Berniece are alive today, with a median age of 80; half are between 71 and 88. That makes Berniece 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.

Berniece by state

How common Berniece was among girls born in each state in 1916–1920, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Idaho (4.7×), Nebraska (4.3×), Iowa (4.1×), Utah (3.6×), South Dakota (3.5×). In 18 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: 0.80 per 1,000 babiesWI0.80Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.61 per 1,000 babiesWA0.61Idaho: 1.8 per 1,000 babiesID1.8Montana: 0.79 per 1,000 babiesMT0.79North Dakota: 1.1 per 1,000 babiesND1.1Minnesota: 0.84 per 1,000 babiesMN0.84Illinois: 0.58 per 1,000 babiesIL0.58Michigan: 0.42 per 1,000 babiesMI0.42New York: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesNY0.09Massachusetts: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMA0.03Oregon: 1.0 per 1,000 babiesOR1.0Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: 1.3 per 1,000 babiesSD1.3Iowa: 1.6 per 1,000 babiesIA1.6Indiana: 1.0 per 1,000 babiesIN1.0Ohio: 0.29 per 1,000 babiesOH0.29Pennsylvania: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesPA0.11New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesCA0.17Utah: 1.4 per 1,000 babiesUT1.4Colorado: 0.85 per 1,000 babiesCO0.85Nebraska: 1.6 per 1,000 babiesNE1.6Missouri: 1.2 per 1,000 babiesMO1.2Kentucky: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesKY0.12West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesVA0.12Maryland: 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: 1.3 per 1,000 babiesKS1.3Arkansas: 0.72 per 1,000 babiesAR0.72Tennessee: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesTN0.10North Carolina: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesNC0.06South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.77 per 1,000 babiesOK0.77Louisiana: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesLA0.23Mississippi: 0.44 per 1,000 babiesMS0.44Alabama: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesAL0.17Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.43 per 1,000 babiesTX0.43Florida: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesFL0.21
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Berniece, girls, 1916–1920. Darker means more common.

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

Questions about the name Berniece

How popular is the name Berniece?

Berniece was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1918, when it ranked 291st with 476 babies. More babies were named Berniece in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Berniece a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 9,909 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Berniece most popular?

In 1916–1920, Berniece was most common in Idaho (1.79 per 1,000 girls), followed by Nebraska and Iowa.