# Bernadette (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bernadette/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˌbɜɹ.nəˈdɛt/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 55,033 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 60 / 54,973 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 497, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From French Bernadette, made famous by St. Bernadette of Lourdes.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 63 | 2,773 |
| 2012 | 88 | 2,149 |
| 2013 | 95 | 2,035 |
| 2014 | 134 | 1,604 |
| 2015 | 155 | 1,479 |
| 2016 | 148 | 1,526 |
| 2017 | 177 | 1,318 |
| 2018 | 181 | 1,271 |
| 2019 | 139 | 1,549 |
| 2020 | 150 | 1,445 |
| 2021 | 208 | 1,175 |
| 2022 | 182 | 1,296 |
| 2023 | 189 | 1,237 |
| 2024 | 187 | 1,244 |
| 2025 | 241 | 1,034 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 5 | 4,092 |
| 1963 | 5 | 4,088 |
| 1964 | 6 | 3,637 |
| 1966 | 5 | 3,996 |
| 1967 | 8 | 3,012 |
| 1969 | 6 | 3,987 |
| 1971 | 7 | 4,002 |
| 1973 | 6 | 4,560 |
| 1977 | 7 | 4,635 |
| 1983 | 5 | 6,341 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,991 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,649 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,659 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,783 |
| 2016 | 14 | 2,008 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2019 | 13 | 2,040 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,687 |
| 2021 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2022 | 12 | 2,178 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,774 |
| 2024 | 19 | 1,603 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,719 |

## In other languages

- French: Bernadette
- German: Bernadette
- Italian: Bernadetta
- Polish: Bernadeta
- Portuguese: Bernadete, Bernardete

## People named Bernadette

- Bernadette Soubirous, French saint (1844–1879)
- Bernadette Peters, American actress and singer (born 1948)
- Bernadette Lafont, French actress (1938-2013)
- Bernadette Chirac, French politician (1933–2026)
- Bernadette Schild, Austrian alpine skier
- Bernadette Sanou Dao, Burkinabé writer
- Bernadette Graf, Austrian sportsperson
- Bernadette, Dutch singer (born 1959)
- Bernadette Perrin-Riou, French mathematician
- Bernadette Mayer, American writer
- Bernadette Martin, French sprinter and middle-distance runner
- Bernadette Heerwagen, German actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.