Bernell
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Bernell has been given to 2,308 babies in the U.S. since 1912. 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 1923, with 39 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 68% boys, 32% girls all-time.
Babies named Bernell, 2019
1 in 579,000
Bernell over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Bernell over time
In 2019, Bernell went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Bernell?
Bernell had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2019, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2019
- 1 in 579,000
- 6 of 3,472,229 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 299,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2019
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 401,129 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Bernell sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2019 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 401,129 children born in 2019 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bernell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Bernells were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Bernell was born before 1948 — so the typical Bernell is around 77 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1920s
- 16.1% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 2.3%
- Mostly a past generation
- Recorded since 1950
- 736
- People you could plausibly meet
1920s — 16.1% of all recorded uses (251).
Is Bernell 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
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
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- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
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- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1923 (39)
- Years since peak
- 102
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 22.2% average annual change
Spellings of Bernell
Bernell is not the most common spelling — Terrell is, with 29.7% against Bernell's 1.3%.
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.
Where Bernell is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Bernell was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 16,667 boys, against 1 in 113,128 across all states with data. It was least common in North Carolina (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Louisiana1 in 16,667
- 2Arkansas1 in —
- 3Illinois1 in —
- 4Missouri1 in —
- 5Mississippi1 in —
- 6North Carolina1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Bernell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Bernell is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Bernell was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 675,315 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Alabama1 in —
- 2North Carolina1 in —
- 3South Carolina1 in —
- 4Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Bernell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Bernell by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Bernell
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Bernell
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.