Names / Boy names
Bernard
Current rank
#1,362
holding steady
All-time peak
#45
in 1921
First recorded
1880
in U.S. data
Children named
201,000
since 1880
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #45 in 1921 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Bernard first shows up in American naming records in 1880, where it reads as a boys' name. It crested in 1921 at #45. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. More than 201,000 children have been given the name overall.