Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Bernie

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

Endangered Down 92.6% from peak

Peak era

1960

Peak rank proxy

231

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19602024

Peak year

1960

Decline from peak

92.6%

2024

All-time

9,217

Bernie 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 1960, when 231 boys were named Bernie.

In 2024, only 17 boys were given the name.

Down 92.6% from its peak.

All told, about 9,217 Americans have been named Bernie and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92.6% from peak

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