Bernadine
Girl · BER-na-deen · Germanic
Bernadine is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “brave as a bear”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Bernadine mean?
Germanic: feminine of Bernard, via Bernardine
“brave as a bear”
A feminine form of Bernard that also recalls Saint Bernardine of Siena, the 15th-century preacher.
- Say it
- BER-na-deen
More on Wiktionary.
Is Bernadine a girl's or a boy's name?
Bernadine is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bernadine in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Bernadine, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1924, with 563 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.
Half of all the girls named Bernadine in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1949, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bernadine in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 29 | #3,016 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,738 |
| 1980 | 37 | #2,537 |
| 1979 | 27 | #3,078 |
| 1978 | 34 | #2,516 |
| 1977 | 31 | #2,666 |
| 1976 | 30 | #2,601 |
| 1975 | 34 | #2,357 |
| 1974 | 54 | #1,688 |
| 1973 | 55 | #1,647 |
| 1972 | 49 | #1,771 |
| 1971 | 72 | #1,445 |
| 1970 | 91 | #1,224 |
| 1969 | 103 | #1,093 |
| 1968 | 114 | #974 |
| 1967 | 127 | #908 |
| 1966 | 171 | #752 |
| 1965 | 173 | #757 |
| 1964 | 191 | #752 |
| 1963 | 193 | #739 |
| 1962 | 233 | #667 |
| 1961 | 229 | #688 |
| 1960 | 260 | #624 |
| 1959 | 328 | #535 |
| 1958 | 408 | #471 |
| 1957 | 421 | #461 |
| 1956 | 161 | #771 |
| 1955 | 213 | #635 |
| 1954 | 195 | #655 |
| 1953 | 235 | #574 |
| 1952 | 264 | #519 |
| 1951 | 264 | #509 |
| 1950 | 287 | #478 |
| 1949 | 304 | #459 |
| 1948 | 283 | #476 |
| 1947 | 350 | #436 |
| 1946 | 320 | #433 |
| 1945 | 282 | #423 |
| 1944 | 359 | #371 |
| 1943 | 321 | #408 |
| 1942 | 308 | #410 |
| 1941 | 333 | #369 |
| 1940 | 324 | #363 |
| 1939 | 360 | #332 |
| 1938 | 375 | #325 |
| 1937 | 383 | #316 |
| 1936 | 352 | #330 |
| 1935 | 406 | #303 |
| 1934 | 429 | #301 |
| 1933 | 436 | #289 |
| 1932 | 438 | #302 |
| 1931 | 544 | #264 |
| 1930 | 533 | #280 |
| 1929 | 481 | #301 |
| 1928 | 505 | #296 |
| 1927 | 519 | #294 |
| 1926 | 546 | #283 |
| 1925 | 541 | #289 |
| 1924 | 563 | #277 |
| 1923 | 516 | #286 |
| 1922 | 527 | #285 |
| 1921 | 560 | #281 |
| 1920 | 469 | #301 |
| 1919 | 439 | #303 |
| 1918 | 486 | #286 |
| 1917 | 408 | #305 |
| 1916 | 407 | #298 |
| 1915 | 354 | #314 |
| 1914 | 252 | #330 |
| 1913 | 196 | #347 |
| 1912 | 172 | #347 |
| 1911 | 121 | #362 |
| 1910 | 97 | #400 |
| 1909 | 99 | #368 |
| 1908 | 77 | #410 |
| 1907 | 89 | #372 |
| 1906 | 79 | #385 |
| 1905 | 57 | #447 |
| 1904 | 66 | #398 |
| 1903 | 50 | #451 |
| 1902 | 39 | #509 |
| 1901 | 33 | #530 |
| 1900 | 37 | #567 |
| 1899 | 34 | #507 |
| 1898 | 28 | #610 |
| 1897 | 20 | #699 |
| 1896 | 17 | #790 |
| 1895 | 19 | #725 |
| 1894 | 16 | #744 |
| 1893 | 14 | #794 |
| 1892 | 10 | #958 |
| 1891 | 12 | #796 |
| 1890 | 11 | #825 |
| 1889 | 17 | #620 |
| 1888 | 10 | #837 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,036 |
| 1886 | 12 | #657 |
| 1885 | 9 | #745 |
| 1884 | 10 | #686 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 6 | #813 |
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