Bernie

maleStatistical record

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

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

Bernie: Recorded since 1992, its highest recorded position is #298, and it stood at #577 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
37times a registrar ranked it
34years from first to last
#298highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2018–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2018	#5666
2020	#5493
2023	#5687
2024	#3695

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 12 of the 34 years from 1992 to 2025.

In 2022: #657 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1268 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1992–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1992
First recorded at #298 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1992 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1992–2025
Highest recorded position: #298 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1992 (recorded 1992–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Bernie appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 21 ranked years and 273 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1992.

Bernie across 3 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.

Bernie'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 · Boys	#298 (1992)	#298 (1992)	#577 (2025)	12 of 34	52 (1992–2025)	6 (2010)
England and Wales · Boys	#3036 (2000)	#985 (2021)	#1282 (2024)	21 of 25	273 (2000–2024)	30 (2021)
England and Wales · Girls	#5666 (2018)	#3695 (2024)	#3695 (2024)	4 of 7	15 (2018–2024)	6 (2024)

Bernie 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 Bernie in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	27	6 of 10	5
2010s	120	10 of 10	12
2020sbusiest	126	5 of 10	25

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 25 births a year.

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

Bernie 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 1992 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #298 in Republic of Ireland in 1992.

Bernie'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	#3695	6	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#1282	21	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1018	29	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1268	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#985	30	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1085	25	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1056	26	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1812	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1804	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1442	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#298	4	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 1992 and 2025, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #298, first reached in 1992.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 30 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 8 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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Bernice · #236, 58y
Bernt · #83, 61y
Berrie · #2530, 10y

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.

Atticus · #298, 27y
Huw · #298, 29y
Bradlee · #299, 20y
Jacky · #299, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alayah · #298, 23y
Amber-Rose · #298, 29y
Atticus · #298, 27y
Haroon · #298, 30y

Bernie was ranked #298 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1992. 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.

Bernie 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 Bernie without appearing here.

Bernie moved ahead of

Ole Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2964 and #2459 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1442 and #3908.
Erin Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2892 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2458 and #4805.
Rodney Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2892 and #2613 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2458 and #4805.
Rune Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3208 and #3208 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2403 and #4685.

Moved ahead of Bernie

Rian Compare
In 2007 they stood at #298 and #337 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #601 and #62.
Tyler Compare
In 2007 they stood at #298 and #337 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #601 and #146.
Muhammad Compare
In 2007 they stood at #298 and #337 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #601 and #178.
Conan Compare
In 2007 they stood at #298 and #337 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #601 and #267.

Moved the opposite way to Bernie

Arthur Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Bernie went from #298 to #577 while Arthur went from #192 to #57.
Blake Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Bernie went from #298 to #577 while Blake went from #267 to #156.
Caleb Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Bernie went from #298 to #577 while Caleb went from #298 to #108.
Cillian Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Bernie went from #298 to #577 while Cillian went from #84 to #9.

Moved the same way as Bernie

Aaron Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Bernie went from #298 to #577 and Aaron from #24 to #71.
Adrian Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Bernie went from #298 to #577 and Adrian from #76 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Bernie went from #298 to #577 and Alan from #20 to #232.
Andrew Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Bernie went from #298 to #577 and Andrew from #16 to #106.

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 2 regions, from 1992 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #298 in Republic of Ireland in 1992. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bernie

Bernie at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bernie across 3 official records

Bernie by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Bernie appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Bernie

Bernie and the names beside it

Bernie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Bernie

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Bernie at a glance

Bernie across 3 official records

Bernie by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Bernie appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Bernie

Bernie and the names beside it

Bernie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Bernie

Moved the opposite way to Bernie

Moved the same way as Bernie