Baby name
Bernadette
Girl
Origin of the name
Bernadette is a French feminine form of Bernard. Saint Bernadette Soubirous, witness of the apparitions of Lourdes in 1858, made it very popular.
Classic name
54,973births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 213rank at its peak, in 1958
Where babies named Bernadette are born
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Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Bernadette is most common in New Mexico (4.9 times), Hawaii (4.9) and Pennsylvania (2.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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