Is Bernell a boy or girl name?

Bernell is a unisex name. Of the 2,308 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 32.5% were girls and 67.5% were boys. It changed hands in 1947, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Bernell

Recorded 1912–2019 · United States

Bernell was most popular in 1923, when 56 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,855 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,308 people named Bernell.

Bernell over time

Births per year. The dot marks Bernell’s peak in 1923. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Bernell a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Bernell is a unisex name — 32.5% of the 2,308 Americans given it were girls and 67.5% were boys. It changed hands: since 1947 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Bernell

Where Bernell is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Louisiana 39.4×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org