Bernell
2,308 recorded births · active 1912–2019
Compare Bernell →Living-age distribution
The median living Bernell is 67. If you meet a Bernell, there's about a 70% chance they're between 43 and 83 years old.
Popularity arc
Peak Bernell: 1923. Down 100% from peak.
Gender balance
74.6% male, 25.4% female.
Among males: median age 62 (39–78). Among females: median age 78 (65–88).
Rarity
Bernell ranks #6,953 out of 105,966 names ever recorded by the SSA.
Geographic fingerprint
Bernells are 0.3x more common in the South than the national average.
Predictive modeling
Three statistical models, all fit to Bernell's own SSA history plus the historical behavior of every other name in the dataset.
Peak popularity prediction
Bernell's modeled peak was #1,826 in 1934 — its trend isn't projected to beat that.
Not enough continuous recent history to project a peak rank.
Name life-cycle stage
A rule-based classifier over recent growth, momentum, and peak proximity.
Bernell hasn't shown up in SSA records since 2019 — fewer than 5 babies have gotten the name in any year since, which is below what the SSA even reports.
Popularity survival model
Once a name reaches a rank tier, how long does it typically stay there before falling out?
Built from a Kaplan-Meier survival curve: every historical run any name has ever had above this tier, with runs still ongoing today counted as still in progress rather than as an exit.Bernell isn't currently in the Top 100 tier. Estimated chance of entering it in the forecast window: 0%.
If Bernell enters Top 100, chance it's still there after:
Names that do enter Top 100 have historically stayed a median of ~19 years. Based on 668 historical Top 100 runs across every name in the dataset.