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Baby name
Bernard
Boy
Origin of the name
Bernard is a Germanic name made of bern, “bear,” and hard, “strong, hardy”: it evokes the strength of the bear. Saint Bernard of Clairvaux spread it in the 12th century.
Classic name
200,087births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 46rank at its peak, in 1924
Where babies named Bernard are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Bernard is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Bernard is most common in Vermont (3.9 times), District of Columbia (2.9) and New York (2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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