# Bernice (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bernice/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 185,533 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,403 / 182,130 (98% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 340, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Biblical form of Berenice, from Ancient Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē).

## 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 | 62 | 2,801 |
| 2012 | 47 | 3,426 |
| 2013 | 71 | 2,512 |
| 2014 | 66 | 2,658 |
| 2015 | 57 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 53 | 3,108 |
| 2017 | 71 | 2,517 |
| 2018 | 64 | 2,689 |
| 2019 | 54 | 3,009 |
| 2020 | 42 | 3,553 |
| 2021 | 52 | 3,117 |
| 2022 | 42 | 3,658 |
| 2023 | 36 | 4,060 |
| 2024 | 39 | 3,832 |
| 2025 | 35 | 4,082 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 7 | 3,268 |
| 1968 | 10 | 2,748 |
| 1969 | 14 | 2,318 |
| 1970 | 9 | 3,304 |
| 1971 | 5 | 4,983 |
| 1972 | 10 | 3,179 |
| 1973 | 10 | 3,248 |
| 1974 | 7 | 4,227 |
| 1975 | 6 | 4,854 |
| 1976 | 5 | 5,682 |
| 1977 | 5 | 5,935 |
| 1978 | 5 | 5,885 |
| 1982 | 6 | 5,703 |
| 1990 | 5 | 8,243 |
| 1993 | 6 | 7,729 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,807 |
| 2012 | 11 | 2,338 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,956 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,882 |
| 2015 | 13 | 2,070 |
| 2016 | 13 | 2,120 |
| 2017 | 23 | 1,411 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,788 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,458 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,488 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,705 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## 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.