Berenice
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Berenice is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “bringer of victory”. In 2025 it ranked 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Berenice mean?
Greek
“bringer of victory”
A female given name from Ancient Greek, notably of ancient queens of Egypt.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Berenice a girl's or a boy's name?
Berenice is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Berenice in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Berenice in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Berenice in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Berenice in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,757th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Berenice, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,659th. Its busiest year was 1995, with 326 girls. It first appears in the records in 1883.
2025 had fewer girls named Berenice than any year since 1978.
Half of all the girls named Berenice in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Berenice in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 43 | #3,584 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,701 |
| 2021 | 47 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 63 | #2,659 |
| 2019 | 79 | #2,285 |
| 2018 | 72 | #2,457 |
| 2017 | 91 | #2,108 |
| 2016 | 89 | #2,168 |
| 2015 | 59 | #2,927 |
| 2014 | 73 | #2,469 |
| 2013 | 102 | #1,939 |
| 2012 | 129 | #1,651 |
| 2011 | 109 | #1,840 |
| 2010 | 147 | #1,521 |
| 2009 | 228 | #1,112 |
| 2008 | 192 | #1,295 |
| 2007 | 204 | #1,224 |
| 2006 | 252 | #1,015 |
| 2005 | 235 | #1,030 |
| 2004 | 231 | #1,019 |
| 2003 | 282 | #857 |
| 2002 | 274 | #843 |
| 2001 | 308 | #770 |
| 2000 | 276 | #818 |
| 1999 | 263 | #823 |
| 1998 | 282 | #762 |
| 1997 | 236 | #865 |
| 1996 | 281 | #752 |
| 1995 | 326 | #656 |
| 1994 | 268 | #765 |
| 1993 | 300 | #711 |
| 1992 | 242 | #825 |
| 1991 | 202 | #940 |
| 1990 | 152 | #1,133 |
| 1989 | 164 | #1,039 |
| 1988 | 111 | #1,299 |
| 1987 | 81 | #1,552 |
| 1986 | 80 | #1,525 |
| 1985 | 71 | #1,649 |
| 1984 | 63 | #1,726 |
| 1983 | 55 | #1,886 |
| 1982 | 64 | #1,735 |
| 1981 | 51 | #2,028 |
| 1980 | 48 | #2,128 |
| 1979 | 29 | #2,931 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,009 |
| 1977 | 38 | #2,341 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,403 |
| 1974 | 21 | #3,212 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,324 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,051 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,429 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,510 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,984 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,882 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,731 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,578 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,845 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,153 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,606 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,913 |
| 1933 | 26 | #1,442 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,876 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1930 | 27 | #1,498 |
| 1929 | 27 | #1,486 |
| 1928 | 33 | #1,337 |
| 1927 | 55 | #1,035 |
| 1926 | 49 | #1,069 |
| 1925 | 56 | #996 |
| 1924 | 70 | #903 |
| 1923 | 72 | #864 |
| 1922 | 51 | #1,059 |
| 1921 | 68 | #892 |
| 1920 | 89 | #771 |
| 1919 | 83 | #771 |
| 1918 | 89 | #755 |
| 1917 | 95 | #708 |
| 1916 | 97 | #695 |
| 1915 | 104 | #648 |
| 1914 | 54 | #788 |
| 1913 | 52 | #721 |
| 1912 | 60 | #639 |
| 1911 | 46 | #634 |
| 1910 | 32 | #753 |
| 1909 | 30 | #731 |
| 1908 | 35 | #649 |
| 1907 | 28 | #710 |
| 1906 | 26 | #716 |
| 1905 | 21 | #797 |
| 1904 | 25 | #700 |
| 1903 | 36 | #539 |
| 1902 | 29 | #612 |
| 1901 | 29 | #577 |
| 1900 | 29 | #656 |
| 1899 | 25 | #616 |
| 1898 | 37 | #510 |
| 1897 | 23 | #644 |
| 1896 | 29 | #565 |
| 1895 | 23 | #638 |
| 1894 | 23 | #609 |
| 1893 | 23 | #594 |
| 1892 | 20 | #638 |
| 1891 | 19 | #608 |
| 1890 | 9 | #940 |
| 1889 | 20 | #567 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 12 | #661 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 |
| 1885 | 7 | #842 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,024 |
| 1883 | 8 | #692 |
Names like Berenice
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Berenice
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Berenice: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/berenice, updated 20 October 2026.