BERNARD is ranked as the 284th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 240,156.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 75.32 people named BERNARD for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 84% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named BERNARD is 93,810.
The SSA data also shows that BERNARD is used as a boy's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
BERNARD is
82.4% White,
3.5% Hispanic origin,
10.7% Black,
1.6% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.3% Two or More Races,
and 0.5% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name BERNARD have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name BERNARD is included in the following name categories:
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
French masculine given name
Polish masculine given name
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
German masculine given name
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name BERNARD
The state with the most people named
BERNARD is
Pennsylvania where
20,799 people have this name.
Vermont is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named BERNARD, as
218.97 in every 100,000
Vermontians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
New York.
Vermont is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Texas
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
6 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name BERNARD
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
15,097
117.21
99.7%
Indiana
5,770
87.46
99.2%
Iowa
2,268
72.98
98.8%
Kansas
2,820
97.11
98.6%
Michigan
8,557
86.35
99.7%
Minnesota
4,040
74.04
99.3%
Missouri
1,722
57.5
98.2%
Nebraska
2,773
147.36
98.7%
North Dakota
877
118.53
96.1%
Ohio
13,091
112.91
99.5%
South Dakota
1,079
126.45
96.8%
Wisconsin
4,856
84.35
99.3%
West States
State stats for the first name BERNARD
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
557
75.67
94.6%
Arizona
6,007
89.24
99.1%
California
17,428
44.91
99.7%
Colorado
4,025
75.15
99.0%
Hawaii
1,054
74.22
98.6%
Idaho
703
42.99
96.1%
Montana
1,043
101.93
96.8%
Nevada
2,412
84.96
98.7%
New Mexico
1,389
66.59
97.3%
Oregon
2,901
73.06
98.7%
Utah
919
31.24
96.9%
Washington
2,929
41.48
99.2%
Wyoming
485
83.01
94.8%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name BERNARD
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
1,891
52.57
98.6%
Maine
489
36.76
94.5%
Massachusetts
3,637
53.91
98.9%
New Hampshire
598
45.07
95.8%
New Jersey
6,494
72.66
99.4%
New York
20,438
103.51
99.8%
Pennsylvania
20,799
162.66
99.7%
Rhode Island
483
45.78
96.2%
Vermont
1,372
218.97
98.9%
South States
State stats for the first name BERNARD
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have BERNARD as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named BERNARD.
The most popular full name is BERNARD Smith.
0.73% of all the people named BERNARD
have this family name.
There are 23655 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name BERNARD