Bernese

girls:

138 births since 1906

#5578 (2nd percentile)

overall:

138 births since 1906

#7601 (2nd percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Bernese is the #7,601 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 138 recorded births since 1906. This represents the 1.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,578 (2.4% percentile) for all time with 138 births since 1906.

Bernese first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1906 (first recorded for girls in 1906). Birth data for Bernese is available in 17 out of the 27 years between 1906 and 1932. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Bernese reached its peak popularity in 1916, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #564) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1906, with 16 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1932.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Bernese".

1906 1932 19061932

Key Statistics

Total Births
138
Peak Births
14
Peak Year
1916
First Recorded
1906
Peak Percentile
1.6%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#564
Current Rank
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Bernese

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Bernese. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 83.8% confident that Bernese is pronounced as ber-NEEZ, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BER-neez, at 16.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.

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83.8%
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ber-NEEZ (2 syllables)
83.8% confidence
B ER0 N IY1 Z
BER-neez (2 syllables)
16.2% confidence
B ER1 N IY0 Z

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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