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How popular is “Bernadette” in the USA?

Number of people named “Bernadette” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Bernadette” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Bernadette” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Bernadette” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Bernadette” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Bernadette” by birth year

This chart shows how “Bernadette” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 8 0.000039705 8 100%
1881 5 0.000025949 5 100%
1882 6 0.000027084 6 100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 100%
1885 7 0.000029063 7 100%
1886 10 0.000039167 10 100%
1887 12 0.000048506 12 100%
1888 16 0.000053427 16 100%
1889 23 0.0000796 23 100%
1890 20 0.000066357 20 100%
1891 19 0.000066278 19 100%
1892 22 0.000065795 22 100%
1893 26 0.000079945 26 100%
1894 32 0.000094482 32 100%
1895 40 0.000113954 40 100%
1896 49 0.000137069 49 100%
1897 41 0.00011817 41 100%
1898 48 0.000125834 48 100%
1899 51 0.000150339 51 100%
1900 47 0.000104385 47 100%
1901 45 0.000130129 45 100%
1902 53 0.000137045 53 100%
1903 56 0.000146905 56 100%
1904 46 0.000114007 46 100%
1905 46 0.000108511 46 100%
1906 55 0.000128369 55 100%
1907 62 0.000133222 62 100%
1908 95 0.000194414 95 100%
1909 93 0.000181916 93 100%
1910 96 0.000162516 96 100%
1911 92 0.000142795 92 100%
1912 142 0.000143716 142 100%
1913 183 0.000160934 183 100%
1914 201 0.000141915 201 100%
1915 256 0.000139706 256 100%
1916 253 0.000130789 253 100%
1917 269 0.000134048 269 100%
1918 283 0.000130348 283 100%
1919 303 0.000143585 303 100%
1920 330 0.000145847 330 100%
1921 356 0.000152495 356 100%
1922 339 0.00014809 339 100%
1923 359 0.000155919 359 100%
1924 347 0.0001457 347 100%
1925 363 0.000155574 363 100%
1926 368 0.000160285 368 100%
1927 372 0.000160389 372 100%
1928 371 0.000164091 371 100%
1929 328 0.000149624 328 100%
1930 323 0.00014528 323 100%
1931 288 0.000136857 288 100%
1932 315 0.000149198 315 100%
1933 394 0.000197054 394 100%
1934 619 0.000298052 619 100%
1935 395 0.000189004 395 100%
1936 382 0.000183868 382 100%
1937 336 0.000157697 336 100%
1938 367 0.00016587 367 100%
1939 353 0.000160204 353 100%
1940 323 0.000140271 323 100%
1941 329 0.000135034 329 100%
1942 373 0.000136539 373 100%
1943 655 0.000232059 655 100%
1944 1035 0.000384747 1035 100%
1945 1016 0.000382976 1016 100%
1946 1321 0.000413419 1321 100%
1947 1253 0.000347831 1253 100%
1948 1185 0.000343228 1185 100%
1949 1141 0.000327424 1141 100%
1950 1043 0.000297714 1043 100%
1951 990 0.000268749 990 100%
1952 995 0.00026198 995 100%
1953 912 0.000236659 912 100%
1954 999 0.00025096 999 100%
1955 961 0.000239348 961 100%
1956 926 0.000224592 926 100%
1957 989 0.000235356 989 100%
1958 1494 0.000361402 1494 100%
1959 1392 0.000334777 1392 100%
1960 1424 0.000342817 1424 100%
1961 1208 0.000291625 1208 100%
1962 1141 0.00028275 1136 5 99%
1963 1025 0.000258956 1020 5 99%
1964 939 0.000241537 933 6 99%
1965 911 0.000251279 911 100%
1966 1116 0.000321091 1111 5 99%
1967 1225 0.000360836 1217 8 99%
1968 922 0.000272909 922 100%
1969 842 0.00024228 836 6 99%
1970 775 0.000214889 775 100%
1971 747 0.000217635 740 7 98%
1972 637 0.000202673 637 100%
1973 612 0.000202858 606 6 98%
1974 571 0.000187829 571 100%
1975 545 0.0001805 545 100%
1976 538 0.000177306 538 100%
1977 559 0.00017598 552 7 97%
1978 462 0.000145564 462 100%
1979 461 0.000138563 461 100%
1980 434 0.000125998 434 100%
1981 380 0.000109846 380 100%
1982 436 0.000124289 436 100%
1983 370 0.000106833 365 5 97%
1984 321 0.00009201 321 100%
1985 268 0.000075089 268 100%
1986 274 0.00007703 274 100%
1987 288 0.000079875 288 100%
1988 270 0.000073071 270 100%
1989 235 0.000061127 235 100%
1990 281 0.000071095 281 100%
1991 237 0.000060843 237 100%
1992 235 0.000061178 235 100%
1993 215 0.000057025 215 100%
1994 184 0.000049494 184 100%
1995 174 0.000047513 174 100%
1996 170 0.000046611 170 100%
1997 158 0.000043577 158 100%
1998 174 0.000047306 174 100%
1999 151 0.000040879 151 100%
2000 110 0.000029101 110 100%
2001 125 0.000033392 125 100%
2002 101 0.000027018 101 100%
2003 99 0.000026037 99 100%
2004 96 0.000025125 96 100%
2005 91 0.000023668 91 100%
2006 95 0.000024013 95 100%
2007 74 0.000018511 74 100%
2008 78 0.000019844 78 100%
2009 77 0.000020156 77 100%
2010 79 0.000021376 79 100%
2011 63 0.000017224 63 100%
2012 88 0.000024061 88 100%
2013 95 0.000026058 95 100%
2014 134 0.000036154 134 100%
2015 155 0.000041882 155 100%
2016 148 0.000040341 148 100%
2017 177 0.000049494 177 100%
2018 181 0.00005148 181 100%
2019 139 0.000040047 139 100%
2020 150 0.000044902 150 100%
2021 207 0.000061099 207 100%
2022 182 0.000053796 182 100%
2023 189 0.000057079 189 100%
2024 186 0.000055881 186 100%

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