# Bernardo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bernardo/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11,175 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11,175 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 261, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 138 | 1,251 |
| 2012 | 118 | 1,409 |
| 2013 | 132 | 1,307 |
| 2014 | 108 | 1,493 |
| 2015 | 131 | 1,340 |
| 2016 | 137 | 1,314 |
| 2017 | 125 | 1,404 |
| 2018 | 140 | 1,300 |
| 2019 | 165 | 1,171 |
| 2020 | 114 | 1,490 |
| 2021 | 121 | 1,480 |
| 2022 | 146 | 1,301 |
| 2023 | 146 | 1,310 |
| 2024 | 143 | 1,341 |
| 2025 | 140 | 1,347 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 12 | 1,903 |
| 2017 | 21 | 1,247 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 23 | 1,152 |
| 2020 | 25 | 1,085 |
| 2021 | 21 | 1,250 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,534 |
| 2023 | 13 | 1,799 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,460 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1,466 |

## People named Bernardo

- Bernardo Houssay, Argentine physician (1887–1971)
- Bernardo O'Higgins, Chilean independence leader (1778–1842)
- Bernardo Fernandes da Silva, Brazilian association football player
- Bernardo Rezende, Brazilian volleyball coach and former player
- Bernardo Fernandes da Silva Junior, Brazilian footballer
- Bernardo Guimarães, Brazilian writer (1825-1884)
- Bernardo Espinosa, Colombian footballer
- Sergio Bernardo Almirón, Argentine footballer
- Bernardo Romeo, Argentine footballer
- Bernardo Redín, Colombian footballer
- Bernardo Clesio, Catholic cardinal
- Bernardo Salviati, Catholic cardinal

## 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.