# Bernie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bernie/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɝni/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Bern, Berner |
| US babies named this | 10,760 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,225 / 1,535 (14% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 318, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* (male): From Bernard + -ie. * (female): From Bernadette + -ie or Bernice + -ie.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 37 | 1,823 |
| 1960 | 35 | 1,929 |
| 1961 | 30 | 2,153 |
| 1962 | 29 | 2,214 |
| 1963 | 19 | 2,873 |
| 1964 | 12 | 3,891 |
| 1965 | 12 | 3,758 |
| 1966 | 15 | 3,275 |
| 1967 | 10 | 4,326 |
| 1968 | 10 | 4,516 |
| 1969 | 6 | 6,692 |
| 1971 | 9 | 5,584 |
| 1972 | 6 | 7,353 |
| 1973 | 5 | 8,540 |
| 1975 | 8 | 6,547 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 6,632 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,232 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7,088 |
| 2014 | 6 | 10,875 |
| 2015 | 11 | 7,125 |
| 2016 | 21 | 4,641 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,234 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,246 |
| 2019 | 6 | 10,964 |
| 2020 | 17 | 5,270 |
| 2021 | 18 | 5,137 |
| 2022 | 13 | 6,530 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,343 |
| 2024 | 17 | 5,465 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8,352 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,442 |
| 2016 | 13 | 1,804 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,812 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2019 | 26 | 1,056 |
| 2020 | 25 | 1,085 |
| 2021 | 30 | 985 |
| 2022 | 21 | 1,268 |
| 2023 | 29 | 1,018 |
| 2024 | 21 | 1,282 |
| 2025 | 26 | 1,124 |

## People named Bernie

- Bernie Casey, American actor, artist, and professional football player (1939–2017)
- Bernie Parent, Canadian ice hockey player
- Bernie Shaw, Canadian singer
- Bernie Hamilton, American actor (1928–2008)
- Bernie Worrell, American musician (1944–2016)
- Bernie Kopell, American actor
- Bernie Wrightson, American illustrator (1948–2017)
- Bernie Ibini-Isei, Australian soccer player
- Bernie Bickerstaff, American basketball coach and executive
- Bernie Federko, Canadian ice hockey player
- Bernie Coulson, Canadian actor
- Bernie Nicholls, Canadian ice hockey player

## 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.