Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Bernice

Gender

Male

Origin

Greek
Brings Victory
One who brings victory; variant of Berenice
French

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Biblical
  • Exotic

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Bernice

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1922 (rank #583, 121 births); most recent 1993 (rank #7637, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1921 (rank #39, 6,190 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4067, 35 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–35
2024–39
2023–36
2022–42
2021–52
2020–42
2019–54
2018–64
2017–71
2016–53

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2017 (rank #1411, 23 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4866, 4 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20254
20245
202317
202210
20213
20208
201910
201816
201723
201613

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #2379, 12 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4422, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20234
20225
20217
20208
201912
20184
20174
20165
20158
20146

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1979 (rank #273, 15 births); most recent 2015 (rank #895, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 1995 (rank #639, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1930 (rank #30, 33 births); most recent 2019 (rank #664, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
20195
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence