Bernita is a girl name with a rare feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Bernita means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Bernita across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Bernita has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Bernita is a girl name of Germanic origin meaning “variant of Bernice or diminutive of Berna”. A pet form linked to names with the element bern meaning bear.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 4,630 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Bernita per year, United States (1900 to 2000). United States peaked in 1954 (117/yr).
Bernita is an uncommon baby name in the United States. It was most common in 1954, when it ranked #1,509 nationally (given to 117 babies that year).
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