Bernabe
Boy · ber-NAH-beh · Aramaic
Bernabe is a boys' name of Aramaic origin, meaning “son of encouragement”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Bernabe mean?
Aramaic: Spanish form of Barnabas
“son of encouragement”
Spanish form of Barnabas, the companion of Saint Paul whose name Acts explains as 'son of encouragement'.
- Say it
- ber-NAH-beh
Is Bernabe a girl's or a boy's name?
Bernabe is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bernabe in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Bernabe, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the boys named Bernabe in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bernabe in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 26 | #3,780 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,316 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 36 | #2,459 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,059 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 37 | #2,118 |
| 1992 | 29 | #2,462 |
| 1991 | 31 | #2,289 |
| 1990 | 24 | #2,689 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 26 | #2,300 |
| 1987 | 31 | #1,970 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,094 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 28 | #1,932 |
| 1983 | 27 | #1,954 |
| 1982 | 27 | #1,998 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,941 |
| 1980 | 19 | #2,535 |
| 1979 | 34 | #1,670 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,205 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,360 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,278 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,905 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,890 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,177 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,728 |
| 1963 | 18 | #1,901 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 19 | #1,875 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,313 |
| 1959 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 13 | #2,273 |
| 1956 | 13 | #2,261 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,043 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,374 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,026 |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,533 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,522 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,449 |
| 1938 | 13 | #1,976 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,756 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,301 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,246 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,533 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,731 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,162 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,011 |
| 1924 | 19 | #1,839 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,223 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,631 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
Nicknames for Bernabe
- Berna
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