Bernard
Boy7 letters
#509
in Ireland (2025)
#492 with spellings combined
6
babies in 2025
#33
best rank (1964)
4,031
babies since 1964
Down 137
10-year rank change
Bernard through the years
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| Year | Babies (boys) | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #492 |
| 2024 | 5 | #559 |
| 2023 | 9 | #388 |
| 2022 | 5 | #552 |
| 2021 | 5 | #530 |
| 2020 | 12 | #332 |
| 2019 | 17 | #262 |
| 2018 | 15 | #287 |
| 2017 | 13 | #317 |
| 2016 | 14 | #313 |
| 2015 | 11 | #355 |
| 2014 | 13 | #325 |
| 2013 | 15 | #296 |
| 2012 | 12 | #336 |
| 2011 | 20 | #256 |
| 2010 | 10 | #373 |
| 2009 | 15 | #292 |
| 2008 | 16 | #275 |
| 2007 | 19 | #226 |
| 2006 | 21 | #200 |
| 2005 | 16 | #213 |
| 2004 | 15 | #203 |
| 2003 | 14 | #207 |
| 2002 | 14 | #204 |
| 2001 | 16 | #183 |
| 2000 | 32 | #130 |
| 1999 | 13 | #189 |
| 1998 | 20 | #150 |
| 1997 | 33 | #130 |
| 1996 | 45 | #112 |
| 1995 | 36 | #126 |
| 1994 | 33 | #128 |
| 1993 | 40 | #118 |
| 1992 | 34 | #129 |
| 1991 | 57 | #98 |
| 1990 | 46 | #108 |
| 1989 | 69 | #84 |
| 1988 | 57 | #91 |
| 1987 | 80 | #81 |
| 1986 | 67 | #88 |
| 1985 | 77 | #84 |
| 1984 | 79 | #82 |
| 1983 | 82 | #80 |
| 1982 | 116 | #71 |
| 1981 | 111 | #76 |
| 1980 | 113 | #75 |
| 1979 | 105 | #77 |
| 1978 | 96 | #77 |
| 1977 | 139 | #65 |
| 1976 | 105 | #73 |
| 1975 | 131 | #66 |
| 1974 | 118 | #65 |
| 1973 | 156 | #59 |
| 1972 | 138 | #60 |
| 1971 | 171 | #51 |
| 1970 | 151 | #47 |
| 1969 | 195 | #38 |
| 1968 | 173 | #41 |
| 1967 | 164 | #41 |
| 1966 | 209 | #36 |
| 1965 | 211 | #34 |
| 1964 | 201 | #33 |
Source: CSO, Irish Babies' Names (VSA50, VSA60), CC BY 4.0.
We haven't written up the meaning and story of Bernard yet. The popularity figures above come straight from the CSO.
Spellings counted here
| Spelling | 2025 | All years |
|---|---|---|
| Bernard | 6 | 4,031 |
In Northern Ireland
Not in the 2025 list. Best rank #163 (1998); 82 babies since 1997.
Source: NISRA, Open Government Licence.