Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Bernhard

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1916

Peak era

1916

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19162024

Peak year

1916

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

1,666

Bernhard is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1916, when 55 boys were named Bernhard.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 1,666 Americans have been named Bernhard and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1916

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