Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Bernard

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Bernard
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.7% from peak

Peak era

1924

Peak rank proxy

4,505

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19242024

Peak year

1924

Decline from peak

96.7%

2024

147

All-time

199,948

Bernard once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1924, when 4,505 boys were named Bernard.

In 2024, only 147 boys were given the name.

Down 96.7% from its peak.

All told, about 199,948 Americans have been named Bernard and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.7% from peak

19244,505 boys named Bernard

2024147 boys named Bernard

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