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How popular is the name Bernadette?
Births per year, rank history and how many Bernadettes are alive today.
Bernadette (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1719th in 2025 and given to 17 babies. The name peaked in 1996, when 39 babies were given the name, the 620th most popular that year. It has declined since 1996; the 2025 figure is roughly 44% of its peak.
The Bernadette you are most likely to meet is around 29 years old - or else around 2: the name has two living generations. Half of all Bernadettes born in England and Wales are between 9 and 27, and there are at least 510 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Bernadette - on average, only one in every 618 such rooms contains a Bernadette.
How many babies are named Bernadette each year?
Where does Bernadette rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Bernadette most popular?
Bernadette peaked in 1996, when 39 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Bernadette?
At least 510 people named Bernadette born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Bernadette?
Most living Bernadettes are between 9 and 27; the most common age is about 29. There is a second cluster around 2.
Is Bernadette becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1996 peak.