Over the past 110 years, 42 girls and 189 050 boys have been named Bernard. The name Bernard ranks 11016th in the United States among the most common names for girls. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Bernard in 1917. The peak of popularity of the name Bernard came in the 1910s and 1920s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.