Name profile

Bernadette

French feminine form of Bernard.

PronunciationFrench /bɛʁ.na.dɛt/; American English /ˌbɜɹ.nə.ˈdɛt/; British English /ˌbɜː.nə.ˈdɛt/
Usage languagesDutch, English, French, German
US rank (2025)#1,034

Meaning and history

Bernadette is the French feminine form of Bernard. Bernadette Soubirous (1844–1879) of Lourdes reported visions of the Virgin Mary and was canonized in 1933.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 95 births, rank #2,069
2007: 74 births, rank #2,509
2008: 78 births, rank #2,441
2009: 77 births, rank #2,465
2010: 79 births, rank #2,386
20112011: 63 births, rank #2,763
2012: 88 births, rank #2,145
2013: 95 births, rank #2,032
2014: 134 births, rank #1,602
2015: 155 births, rank #1,477
20162016: 148 births, rank #1,523
2017: 177 births, rank #1,317
2018: 181 births, rank #1,271
2019: 139 births, rank #1,548
2020: 150 births, rank #1,445
20212021: 208 births, rank #1,175
2022: 182 births, rank #1,295
2023: 189 births, rank #1,237
2024: 187 births, rank #1,242
20252025: 241 births, rank #1,034

Bernadette moved from #846 to #895 for girls between 1992 and 1993. Its highest annual birth count came in 1958, with 1,494 births.