Berney
Berney is a surname and given name. Notable people with the surname and given name include:
Meaning & Origin of Berney
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Berney is a surname and given name. Notable people with the surname and given name include:
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The Story of Berney
Berney first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1915, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1962: 10 births, good for #2,671 nationwide. About 48% of every Berney on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Berney last appeared in the published SSA data in 1962, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 52 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Berney
Berney is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 52 births in the dataset. Berney's peak popularity came in 1962 when it ranked #2,671. Use the chart and map above to compare Berney's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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