Bernadett

Girls' name

Form of Bernadette

Bernadett has been given to 181 babies in the U.S. since 1945. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1959, with 16 recorded.

Babies named Bernadett, 1986

1 in 711,000

Bernadett over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Bernadett: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Bernadette

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Bernadett means

Bernadett is a form of Bernadette.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Bernadett is used in Hungarian.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɛr.nɒ.dɛtː/ for Bernadett.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Bernadette.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hungarian, Bernadett is pronounced [ˈbɛrnɒdɛtː].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 181 girls were recorded with the name Bernadett between 1945 and 1986. Its highest annual count was 16 in 1959; its best national rank was #2,990 in 1959.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Bernadett?

Bernadett had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1986, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1986: 1 in 711,000; 5 of 3,556,724 births
Among girls only: 1 in 343,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1986: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 493,068 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Bernadett sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1986 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 493,068 children born in 1986 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bernadett. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bernadetts were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bernadett was born before 1966 — so the typical Bernadett is around 59 today.

Median birth year: 1966; About 59 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 45.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 65.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 174; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 45.3% of all recorded uses (82).

Is Bernadett rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1959 (16)
Years since peak: 66; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 36.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,990; 1959

Spellings of Bernadett

Bernadett is not the most common spelling — Bernadette is, with 98.7% against Bernadett's 0.33%.

Bernadette98.7%54,973
Bernadean0.94%521
Bernadett0.33%181

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Bernadett around the world

Where Bernadett ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
1946–1980
#634
in 1980

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Bernadett by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,990; 1959
Peak year: 1959; 16 that year
First recorded: 1945
Last recorded: 1986
All-time count: 181
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Bernadett

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sibling names for Bernadett

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Meg Andra Tamela Robbin Jannette Joellen Gerri Debby

For a brother

Curtiss Russ Nicky Dwain Stan Lindsay Cliff Von

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