Earnestine

Last seen for girls in 2001 at #13,521 · Last seen for boys in 1944 at #3,109
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1940 · 433 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
16,073
since 1889

Earnestine over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Earnestine has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #301, 1940girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2014
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2002
2001#13,5216
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996#9,5818
1995#9,5538
1994#11,7786
1993
1992#10,4797
1991#11,5096
1990
1989#6,16013
1988#7,11110
1987#6,33511
1986#7,1349
1985#5,07714
1984#4,96614
1983#4,88414
1982#4,71615
1981#3,73921
1980#3,99219
1979#4,62615
1978#3,77719
1977#3,91118
1976#2,86526
1975#3,05223
1974#2,75726
1973#2,91423
1972#2,31132
1971#2,00142
1970#2,01741
1969#1,83545
1968#1,83442
1967#1,22775
1966#1,26273
1965#1,12289
1964#1,15391
1963#997114
1962#974120
1961#848155
1960#697213
1959#731191
1958#670217
1957#599264
1956#589257
1955#519316
1954#500312
1953#473328
1952#426406
1951#432372
1950#398403
1949#380426
1948#356475
1947#372467
1946#368420
1945#336409
1944#305483#3,1096
1943#334447
1942#341416#3,5605
1941#327404#3,5055
1940#301433#2,6718
1939#317380
1938#337356#3,5345
1937#318377#2,33210
1936#336345
1935#346340
1934#328361#3,2776
1933#339336
1932#371300
1931#363316
1930#367337
1929#354342#3,9595
1928#372335
1927#391307
1926#373329#4,2015
1925#395301
1924#446244
1923#430246
1922#449231#3,8726
1921#510191
1920#545170
1919#524169
1918#612133
1917#646111
1916#72189
1915#655102
1914#77755
1913#72152
1912#74745
1911#75433
1910#64044
1909#76128
1908#97017
1907#99015
1906#1,3219
1905#84819
1904#1,00113
1903#1,02712
1902#97213
1901#1,2278
1900#1,17111
1899#1,0999
1898#1,5026
1897#1,2637
1896#1,5835
1895#1,1239
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889#1,1476
1888
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1880
First appearance
1889

The first year at least five girls were named Earnestine! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1894, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2001
  • Biggest jump: 331 spots in 1907 (#1,321#990)
  • Biggest drop: 473 spots in 1906 (#848#1,321)
Rise & fade · girls
51 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1940 at #301 (433 births)
  • Births halved by 1959, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 59 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1907–1963
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,641
  • Highest: 1 in 2,641 girls born in 1940 were named Earnestine (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 300,104 girls born in 2001 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 27.3% of all girls named Earnestine (4,380) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#1,147 (1889)#1,147
1890s36#1,099 (1899)#1,314
1900s145#761 (1909)#1,029
1910s833#524 (1919)#680
1920s2,696#354 (1929)#427
1930s3,448#317 (1939)#342
1940s4,380#301 (1940)#342
1950s3,066#398 (1950)#534
1960s1,017#697 (1960)#1,195
1970s265#2,001 (1971)#3,023
1980s140#3,739 (1981)#5,411
1990s35#9,553 (1995)#10,580
2000s6#13,521 (2001)#13,521

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Earnestine in 1919

girls
#524
169 births · 1 in 6,687 girls

Top girls' names in 1919

  1. #1Mary65,836
  2. #2Helen33,706
  3. #3Dorothy31,733
  4. #4Margaret26,238
  5. #5Ruth24,562
  6. #6Mildred17,300
  7. #7Virginia15,636
  8. #8Elizabeth15,287
  9. #9Frances15,106
  10. #10Anna14,498
  11. #524Earnestine169
More about 1919

girls

1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 6,687 of them was named Earnestine, which outranked 90.6% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Earnestine
  1. #520Valerie171
  2. #522Cassie170
  3. #522Lettie170
  4. #524Earnestine169
  5. #524Elsa169
  6. #524Jayne169
  7. #524Judy169
  8. #528Emilie168
  9. #528Patsy168
  10. #528Velda168

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 851Gregoria#1,805#954
  2. 443Concha#1,333#890
  3. 390Arlena#1,299#909
  4. 353Marina#1,255#902
  5. 333Roselle#1,333#1,000
Fallers
  1. 1,019Liberty#585#1,604
  2. 840Victory#809#1,649
  3. 567Karen#960#1,527
  4. 404Zena#989#1,393
  5. 359Malvina#989#1,348

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1919