Berenice

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Berenice: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Berenice: Recorded since 1979, with a gap of 19 years, its highest recorded position is #523, and it was last ranked in 2019.

2registrars recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
41years from first to last
#523highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Berenice's record

Absent from every published list for 19 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2019

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3900
2001	#3262
2006	#2781
2007	#3218
2009	#3936
2010	#3156
2011	#5785
2012	#3681
2013	#4739
2015	#2945
2016	#5785
2017	#5765
2018	#3518
2019	#4001

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 14 of the 21 years from 1999 to 2019.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1979–2019 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #3900 among girls in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2019
Most recently recorded at #4001 among girls in England and Wales, in 2019.
England and Wales · Girls

Berenice by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Berenice in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	22	4 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	45	9 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Berenice appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1979 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #523 in Republic of Ireland in 1979.

Berenice's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1979 and 2019, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #523, first reached in 1979.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 19 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 20 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
19 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#4,001position in 2019, its most recent recorded year
20 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
8births registered in its largest year, 2015Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Bergljot · #223, 25y
Berit · #6, 72y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Casandra · #523, 11y
Meggan · #523, 11y
Winnifred · #523, 11y
Rosella · #522, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Evita · #522, 24y
Krista · #522, 24y
Rosella · #522, 19y
Christa · #518, 25y

Berenice was ranked #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1979. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Berenice and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Berenice without appearing here.

Berenice moved ahead of

Ellinor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5785 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #5876.
Geraldine Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #5666.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4739 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #5666.
Jeanette Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Berenice

Noah Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2945 and #3615 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #4096.
Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2781 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #3936 and #2326.
Dylan Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2781 and #3548 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #3218 and #2085.
Hunter Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3681 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4739 and #4050.

Moved the opposite way to Berenice

Dylan Compare
Between 2006 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Berenice went from #2781 to #4001 while Dylan went from #3548 to #1562.
Eabha Compare
Between 2006 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Berenice went from #2781 to #4001 while Eabha went from #5061 to #2458.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1979 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #523 in Republic of Ireland in 1979. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Berenice

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Berenice by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What stands out in Berenice's record

Berenice by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Berenice appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Berenice

Berenice and the names beside it

Berenice moved ahead of

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