# Berniece (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/berniece/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,909 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 9,909 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 5 | 10,361 |
| 1980 | 5 | 10,551 |
| 1982 | 5 | 10,662 |
| 1991 | 5 | 13,391 |
| 1992 | 6 | 11,917 |
| 1993 | 9 | 8,805 |
| 1998 | 6 | 12,659 |
| 2001 | 5 | 15,695 |
| 2004 | 5 | 16,474 |
| 2005 | 6 | 14,771 |
| 2006 | 6 | 15,427 |
| 2008 | 5 | 17,950 |
| 2010 | 6 | 15,264 |
| 2012 | 5 | 17,306 |
| 2013 | 6 | 14,905 |

## 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.