Boy
Bernard
As a boy's name, Bernard traces back to Germanic, where it is understood to mean "Brave as a bear". It had its heyday in the 1920s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is a well-known pick in the registry. Since 1900, roughly 195,965 babies in the U.S. have been given this name.
GermanicBrave as a bear
Births by decade
1900s
3,301
1910s
25,748
1920s
42,663
1930s
30,686
1940s
26,529
1950s
25,984
1960s
17,592
1970s
9,191
1980s
6,566
1990s
4,168
2000s
2,253
2010s
1,284
Peaked in the 1920s · 195,965 total U.S. births since 1900