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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

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The high point came in 1958, with 1,494 births and the No. 213 spot that year. Few fads, plenty of staying power: it appears in 145 years out of 146. Latest ranking, 2025: No. 1034.
54,973births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 213rank at its peak, in 1958

Where babies named Bernadette are born

1958

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The darker the blue, the more common Bernadette is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

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.

Names from the same era

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