Bernadette
Girl · ber-na-DET · Germanic
Bernadette is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “brave as a bear”. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies) and 1,034th for girls in the US (241 babies).
What does Bernadette mean?
Germanic: French feminine of Bernard
“brave as a bear”
St Bernadette Soubirous reported visions of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes in 1858.
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Is Bernadette a girl's or a boy's name?
Bernadette is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK and 241 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bernadette in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,779among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Bernadette, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,647th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 45 girls.
Half of all the girls named Bernadette in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.
Bernadette in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,647 |
| 2019 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 14 | #2,111 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,684 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 22 | #1,272 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 22 | #1,154 |
| 2003 | 16 | #1,420 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,399 |
| 2001 | 21 | #1,070 |
| 2000 | 30 | #832 |
| 1999 | 43 | #650 |
| 1998 | 31 | #813 |
| 1997 | 41 | #683 |
| 1996 | 45 | #598 |
How popular is Bernadette in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,034among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 241about 1 in 6,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 241 girls in the US were named Bernadette, making it the 1,034th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,445th. Its busiest year was 1958, with 1,494 girls.
2025 had more girls named Bernadette than any year since 1990.
Half of all the girls named Bernadette in the US since 1880 were born between 1945 and 1970, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bernadette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 241 | #1,034 |
| 2024 | 187 | #1,242 |
| 2023 | 189 | #1,237 |
| 2022 | 182 | #1,295 |
| 2021 | 208 | #1,175 |
| 2020 | 150 | #1,445 |
| 2019 | 139 | #1,548 |
| 2018 | 181 | #1,271 |
| 2017 | 177 | #1,317 |
| 2016 | 148 | #1,523 |
| 2015 | 155 | #1,477 |
| 2014 | 134 | #1,602 |
| 2013 | 95 | #2,032 |
| 2012 | 88 | #2,145 |
| 2011 | 63 | #2,762 |
| 2010 | 79 | #2,386 |
| 2009 | 77 | #2,464 |
| 2008 | 78 | #2,441 |
| 2007 | 74 | #2,509 |
| 2006 | 95 | #2,069 |
| 2005 | 91 | #2,056 |
| 2004 | 96 | #1,941 |
| 2003 | 99 | #1,857 |
| 2002 | 101 | #1,778 |
| 2001 | 125 | #1,498 |
| 2000 | 110 | #1,600 |
| 1999 | 151 | #1,241 |
| 1998 | 174 | #1,104 |
| 1997 | 158 | #1,164 |
| 1996 | 170 | #1,085 |
| 1995 | 174 | #1,036 |
| 1994 | 185 | #1,003 |
| 1993 | 215 | #894 |
| 1992 | 235 | #843 |
| 1991 | 237 | #843 |
| 1990 | 281 | #738 |
| 1989 | 235 | #808 |
| 1988 | 270 | #705 |
| 1987 | 288 | #653 |
| 1986 | 274 | #668 |
| 1985 | 268 | #673 |
| 1984 | 321 | #572 |
| 1983 | 365 | #520 |
| 1982 | 436 | #478 |
| 1981 | 380 | #517 |
| 1980 | 434 | #484 |
| 1979 | 461 | #444 |
| 1978 | 462 | #432 |
| 1977 | 552 | #384 |
| 1976 | 538 | #382 |
| 1975 | 545 | #381 |
| 1974 | 571 | #374 |
| 1973 | 606 | #351 |
| 1972 | 637 | #349 |
| 1971 | 740 | #342 |
| 1970 | 775 | #340 |
| 1969 | 836 | #311 |
| 1968 | 922 | #287 |
| 1967 | 1,217 | #237 |
| 1966 | 1,111 | #255 |
| 1965 | 911 | #292 |
| 1964 | 934 | #304 |
| 1963 | 1,020 | #285 |
| 1962 | 1,136 | #264 |
| 1961 | 1,208 | #256 |
| 1960 | 1,424 | #226 |
| 1959 | 1,392 | #227 |
| 1958 | 1,494 | #213 |
| 1957 | 989 | #281 |
| 1956 | 927 | #292 |
| 1955 | 960 | #278 |
| 1954 | 999 | #263 |
| 1953 | 912 | #273 |
| 1952 | 995 | #249 |
| 1951 | 990 | #245 |
| 1950 | 1,043 | #233 |
| 1949 | 1,141 | #220 |
| 1948 | 1,185 | #211 |
| 1947 | 1,253 | #211 |
| 1946 | 1,321 | #188 |
| 1945 | 1,016 | #196 |
| 1944 | 1,035 | #195 |
| 1943 | 655 | #272 |
| 1942 | 373 | #364 |
| 1941 | 329 | #373 |
| 1940 | 323 | #364 |
| 1939 | 353 | #338 |
| 1938 | 367 | #331 |
| 1937 | 336 | #351 |
| 1936 | 382 | #309 |
| 1935 | 395 | #315 |
| 1934 | 619 | #252 |
| 1933 | 394 | #312 |
| 1932 | 315 | #360 |
| 1931 | 288 | #382 |
| 1930 | 323 | #379 |
| 1929 | 328 | #371 |
| 1928 | 371 | #351 |
| 1927 | 372 | #348 |
| 1926 | 368 | #350 |
| 1925 | 363 | #359 |
| 1924 | 347 | #368 |
| 1923 | 359 | #349 |
| 1922 | 339 | #356 |
| 1921 | 356 | #346 |
| 1920 | 330 | #360 |
| 1919 | 303 | #372 |
| 1918 | 283 | #389 |
| 1917 | 269 | #384 |
| 1916 | 253 | #393 |
| 1915 | 256 | #378 |
| 1914 | 201 | #377 |
| 1913 | 183 | #359 |
| 1912 | 142 | #387 |
| 1911 | 92 | #424 |
| 1910 | 96 | #402 |
| 1909 | 93 | #385 |
| 1908 | 95 | #370 |
| 1907 | 62 | #455 |
| 1906 | 55 | #458 |
| 1905 | 46 | #497 |
| 1904 | 46 | #484 |
| 1903 | 56 | #425 |
| 1902 | 53 | #425 |
| 1901 | 45 | #441 |
| 1900 | 47 | #494 |
| 1899 | 51 | #408 |
| 1898 | 48 | #441 |
| 1897 | 41 | #458 |
| 1896 | 49 | #409 |
| 1895 | 40 | #455 |
| 1894 | 32 | #504 |
| 1893 | 26 | #547 |
| 1892 | 22 | #590 |
| 1891 | 19 | #608 |
| 1890 | 20 | #578 |
| 1889 | 23 | #532 |
| 1888 | 16 | #636 |
| 1887 | 12 | #661 |
| 1886 | 10 | #731 |
| 1885 | 7 | #842 |
| 1884 | 6 | #930 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 6 | #813 |
| 1881 | 5 | #830 |
| 1880 | 8 | #628 |
Nicknames for Bernadette
- Bernie 26 boys in the UK in 2025
- Detta
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