Bernardo

maleStatistical record

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

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

Bernardo: Recorded since 2004, its highest recorded position is #329, reached in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#329highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#3009
2006	#2282
2007	#1666
2008	#2097
2009	#2837
2010	#2941
2011	#2613
2012	#3987
2013	#2660
2014	#1935
2015	#2707
2016	#1903
2017	#1247
2018	#1683
2019	#1152
2020	#1085
2021	#1250
2022	#1534
2023	#1799
2024	#1460

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 20 of the 21 years from 2004 to 2024.

In 2024: #472 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1460 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2004–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #3009 among boys in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2018–2025
Highest recorded position: #329 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025 (recorded 2018–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #329 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Bernardo appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 20 years beginning in 2004, and has registered 243 births with the name.

Bernardo across 2 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.

Bernardo'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
England and Wales · Boys	#3009 (2004)	#1085 (2020)	#1460 (2024)	20 of 21	243 (2004–2024)	25 (2020)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#749 (2018)	#329 (2025)	#329 (2025)	6 of 8	35 (2018–2025)	12 (2025)

Bernardo by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Bernardo in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	38	5 of 10	8
2010s	112	10 of 10	11
2020sbusiest	93	5 of 10	19

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 19 births a year.

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

Bernardo 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 2004 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #329 in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Bernardo'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	male	#1460	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1799	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1534	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1250	21	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1085	25	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1152	23	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1683	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1247	21	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1666	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#329	12	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#516	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	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 2004 and 2025, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #329, first reached in 2025.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2018, and 14 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.

Bernadine · #262, 19y
Bernard · #33, 74y
Bernhard · #189, 79y
Bernice · #236, 58y

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.

Agastya · #329, 19y
Ignacy · #329, 19y
Vlad · #329, 21y
Isla-Grace · #328, 17y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Agastya · #329, 19y
Ignacy · #329, 19y
Vlad · #329, 21y
Aayan · #328, 21y

Bernardo was ranked #329 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2025. 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.

Bernardo 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 Bernardo without appearing here.

Bernardo moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1799 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1460 and #5119.
Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2707 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1903 and #4810.
Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2660 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1935 and #4632.
Aria Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3987 and #3039 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2707 and #4747.

Moved ahead of Bernardo

Aksel Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1250 and #1688 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1534 and #1224.

Moved the opposite way to Bernardo

Aaron Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bernardo went from #3009 to #1460 while Aaron went from #41 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bernardo went from #3009 to #1460 while Adam went from #24 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bernardo went from #3009 to #1460 while Alan went from #275 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bernardo went from #3009 to #1460 while Alex went from #46 to #171.

Moved the same way as Bernardo

Albie Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bernardo went from #3009 to #1460 and Albie from #408 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bernardo went from #3009 to #1460 and Alfred from #171 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bernardo went from #3009 to #1460 and Archie from #45 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bernardo went from #3009 to #1460 and Arlo from #875 to #15.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 2004 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #329 in Republic of Ireland in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bernardo

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bernardo across 2 official records

Bernardo by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Bernardo appears in

Popularity data

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Bernardo across 2 official records

Bernardo by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Bernardo

Bernardo and the names beside it

Bernardo moved ahead of

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