Bernardo
- Pronunciation
- [Ber-nar-do]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Brave As A Bear
- Origin
- Italian
Bernardo Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 11,034 baby boys have been named Bernardo. The name peaked in 1995 with 240 US births that year (rank #683). In 2024, ranked #1334 nationally — 651 places below its 1995 peak.
Top States for Bernardo
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Bernardo births are: California (3,109), Texas (2,753), New York (603).
Other Italian-Origin Names Like Bernardo
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8-Letter Names Starting with B
Names with Bernardo's exact length and starting letter: Babafemi, Bacstair, Baillidh, Baldemar, Baldhart.
Quick Facts About Bernardo
US Popularity History (2000–2007)
Annual US births named Bernardo by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2007 with 202 boys named Bernardo (boy rank #971 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Bernardo Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Bernardo the strongest states are Massachusetts, New Jersey, Florida.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts | #379 | 124 |
| 2 | New Jersey | #807 | 44 |
| 3 | Florida | #822 | 136 |
| 4 | Arizona | #828 | 30 |
| 5 | California | #833 | 232 |
| 6 | Texas | #897 | 133 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | #897 | 133 |
| 2 | California | #833 | 232 |
| 3 | Arizona | #828 | 30 |
| 4 | Florida | #822 | 136 |
| 5 | New Jersey | #807 | 44 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | #379 | 124 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Bernardo in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Bernardo to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Bernardo against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).