Bernadette

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Bernadette: Recorded since 1958, it reached #12 in 1969, and it stood at #718 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
99times a registrar ranked it
68years from first to last
#12highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for
11names it appears alongside

What stands out in Bernadette's record

Shares a published list with another name across 55 years. Longest shared records

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#620
1997	#705
1998	#801
1999	#736
2000	#833
2001	#1063
2002	#1372
2003	#1383
2004	#1209
2005	#1934
2006	#1435
2007	#2233
2008	#2150
2009	#2759
2010	#2235
2011	#3185
2012	#1991
2013	#2649
2014	#2659
2015	#1783
2016	#2008
2017	#2341
2018	#1649
2019	#2040
2020	#1687
2021	#2341
2022	#2178
2023	#1774
2024	#1603

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 Republic of Ireland in 55 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #407 among girls in Northern Ireland, #736 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1603 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1958–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1958
First recorded at #79 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1958 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #12 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1969 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Bernadette appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 55 ranked years and 5,642 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1958.

Bernadette across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Bernadette's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#15 (1964)	#12 (1969)	#718 (2025)	55 of 62	5,642 (1964–2025)	415 (1969)
England and Wales · Girls	#620 (1996)	#620 (1996)	#1603 (2024)	29 of 29	480 (1996–2024)	39 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#314 (1997)	#291 (1999)	#407 (2024)	7 of 28	23 (1997–2024)	4 (1997)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#79 (1958)	#79 (1958)	#95 (1970)	8 of 13	705 (1958–1970)	108 (1958)

Bernadette by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Bernadette in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	2,189	6 of 10	365
1970s	2,023	10 of 10	202
1980s	1,031	10 of 10	103
1990s	315	10 of 10	32
2000s	47	9 of 10	5
2010s	22	6 of 10	4
2020s	15	4 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 365 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1969 and 1970, when recorded births fell by 147, from 415 to 268.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Bernadette 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 4 regions, from 1958 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #12 in Republic of Ireland in 1969.

Bernadette'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#1603	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2178	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1687	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2040	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2008	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1783	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1991	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2235	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2150	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1435	17	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1934	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1209	19	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1383	15	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1372	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1063	19	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#833	27	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#736	31	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#801	28	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#705	34	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#620	39	High	Verified
1970	New South Wales, Australia	female	#95	94	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	female	#88	88	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	female	#97	77	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	female	#81	89	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	female	#95	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	female	#97	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	female	#99	78	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	female	#79	108	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#407	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#291	4	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#314	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#736	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#700	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#505	7	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#511	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	7	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	8	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#319	7	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	28	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#167	29	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#181	24	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#125	42	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#134	39	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#129	42	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#130	40	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#107	59	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#112	56	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#110	58	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#97	74	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#90	78	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#91	78	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#71	121	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#75	109	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#74	123	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#59	158	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#55	176	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#60	152	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#63	144	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#50	179	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#56	163	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#55	162	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#42	210	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#39	215	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#36	228	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#24	302	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#23	268	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#12	415	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#21	282	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#17	337	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#14	374	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#15	389	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#15	392	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 4 registrars between 1958 and 2025, ranked in 66 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #12, first reached in 1969.

It held a top-100 place in 28 years, 24 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 415 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1969.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1964, and 39 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.

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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Bernadine · #262, 19y
Bernard · #33, 74y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Darragh · #11, 61y
Martina · #11, 66y
Tracy · #11, 64y
Eoin · #14, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Vicki · #12, 53y
Andrea · #11, 70y
Cheryl · #11, 72y
Dean · #13, 70y

Comparisons involving Bernadette

Existing comparison pages where Bernadette and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Bernadette in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Elizabeth vs Bernadette
In 1964 they stood at #6 and #15 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 9 places apart; by 2025 they were #76 and #718.
Elizabeth · Bernadette · 55 shared years, 1964–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Bridget vs Bernadette
In 1964 they stood at #8 and #15 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 7 places apart; by 2025 they were #213 and #718.
Bridget · Bernadette · 55 shared years, 1964–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Martina vs Bernadette
In 1964 they stood at #18 and #15 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 3 places apart; by 2025 they were #325 and #718.
Martina · Bernadette · 55 shared years, 1964–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Pairs involving Bernadette measured in Republic of Ireland's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Bernadette at its highest position.

Bernadette vs Kathleen
In 1964 they stood at #15 and #23 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 8 places apart; by 2025 they were #718 and #352.
Bernadette · Kathleen · 55 shared years, 1964–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Caroline vs Bernadette
In 1964 they stood at #7 and #15 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 8 places apart; by 2025 they were #381 and #718.
Caroline · Bernadette · 55 shared years, 1964–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Helen vs Bernadette
In 1964 they stood at #13 and #15 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 2 places apart; by 2025 they were #381 and #718.
Helen · Bernadette · 55 shared years, 1964–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking

Republic of Ireland overview→

Bernadette was ranked #12 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1969. 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.

Bernadette 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 Bernadette without appearing here.

Bernadette moved ahead of

Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2341 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1649 and #4684.
Brittany Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1934 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1435 and #3548.
Sinead Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1774 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1603 and #3695.
Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2649 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2659 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Bernadette

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1687 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2341 and #1286.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2649 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2659 and #1628.
Ada Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1209 and #1617 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1934 and #951.
Ingrid Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1209 and #1617 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1934 and #1200.

Moved the opposite way to Bernadette

Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bernadette went from #15 to #718 while Annie went from #112 to #33.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bernadette went from #15 to #718 while Charlotte went from #171 to #43.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bernadette went from #15 to #718 while Clodagh went from #149 to #47.
Emily Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bernadette went from #15 to #718 while Emily went from #180 to #6.

Moved the same way as Bernadette

Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bernadette went from #15 to #718 and Audrey from #85 to #885.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bernadette went from #15 to #718 and Eileen from #17 to #443.
Ida Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bernadette went from #15 to #718 and Ida from #372 to #885.
Julia Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bernadette went from #15 to #718 and Julia from #42 to #118.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 4 regions, from 1958 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #12 in Republic of Ireland in 1969. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bernadette

Bernadette at a glance

What stands out in Bernadette's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bernadette across 4 official records

Bernadette by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Bernadette appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Bernadette

Longest shared records

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Names published alongside Bernadette

Bernadette and the names beside it

Bernadette moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Bernadette

Moved the opposite way to Bernadette

Moved the same way as Bernadette

Bernadette at a glance

What stands out in Bernadette's record

Bernadette across 4 official records

Bernadette by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Bernadette appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Bernadette

Longest shared records

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Names published alongside Bernadette

Bernadette and the names beside it

Bernadette moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Bernadette

Moved the opposite way to Bernadette

Moved the same way as Bernadette