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
- Peak · girls
- 1940 · 433 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 16,073since 1889
Earnestine over time
Rank among girls' names. Earnestine has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | — | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | — | |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | — | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | — | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | — | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | — | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,739 | 21 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,911 | 18 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,865 | 26 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,052 | 23 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,757 | 26 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,311 | 32 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,001 | 42 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,017 | 41 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,835 | 45 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,834 | 42 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,227 | 75 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,262 | 73 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,122 | 89 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,153 | 91 | — | |
| 1963 | #997 | 114 | — | |
| 1962 | #974 | 120 | — | |
| 1961 | #848 | 155 | — | |
| 1960 | #697 | 213 | — | |
| 1959 | #731 | 191 | — | |
| 1958 | #670 | 217 | — | |
| 1957 | #599 | 264 | — | |
| 1956 | #589 | 257 | — | |
| 1955 | #519 | 316 | — | |
| 1954 | #500 | 312 | — | |
| 1953 | #473 | 328 | — | |
| 1952 | #426 | 406 | — | |
| 1951 | #432 | 372 | — | |
| 1950 | #398 | 403 | — | |
| 1949 | #380 | 426 | — | |
| 1948 | #356 | 475 | — | |
| 1947 | #372 | 467 | — | |
| 1946 | #368 | 420 | — | |
| 1945 | #336 | 409 | — | |
| 1944 | #305 | 483 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #334 | 447 | — | |
| 1942 | #341 | 416 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #327 | 404 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #301 | 433 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #317 | 380 | — | |
| 1938 | #337 | 356 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #318 | 377 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #336 | 345 | — | |
| 1935 | #346 | 340 | — | |
| 1934 | #328 | 361 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #339 | 336 | — | |
| 1932 | #371 | 300 | — | |
| 1931 | #363 | 316 | — | |
| 1930 | #367 | 337 | — | |
| 1929 | #354 | 342 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #372 | 335 | — | |
| 1927 | #391 | 307 | — | |
| 1926 | #373 | 329 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #395 | 301 | — | |
| 1924 | #446 | 244 | — | |
| 1923 | #430 | 246 | — | |
| 1922 | #449 | 231 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #510 | 191 | — | |
| 1920 | #545 | 170 | — | |
| 1919 | #524 | 169 | — | |
| 1918 | #612 | 133 | — | |
| 1917 | #646 | 111 | — | |
| 1916 | #721 | 89 | — | |
| 1915 | #655 | 102 | — | |
| 1914 | #777 | 55 | — | |
| 1913 | #721 | 52 | — | |
| 1912 | #747 | 45 | — | |
| 1911 | #754 | 33 | — | |
| 1910 | #640 | 44 | — | |
| 1909 | #761 | 28 | — | |
| 1908 | #970 | 17 | — | |
| 1907 | #990 | 15 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 | — | |
| 1905 | #848 | 19 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,001 | 13 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,027 | 12 | — | |
| 1902 | #972 | 13 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,171 | 11 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,123 | 9 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
Where Earnestine is popular in 1929
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#82 · 1 in 344
- Mississippi#98 · 1 in 370
- South Carolina#170 · 1 in 924
- Florida#192 · 1 in 944
- Tennessee#192 · 1 in 1,029
Best ever in a state: #53 in Mississippi, 1944.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #82 | 53 | 1 in 344 |
| Mississippi | #98 | 58 | 1 in 370 |
| South Carolina | #170 | 21 | 1 in 924 |
| Florida | #192 | 13 | 1 in 944 |
| Tennessee | #192 | 25 | 1 in 1,029 |
| Georgia | #195 | 28 | 1 in 1,073 |
| Alabama | #202 | 28 | 1 in 1,072 |
| Louisiana | #215 | 21 | 1 in 1,020 |
| North Carolina | #286 | 16 | 1 in 2,242 |
| Texas | #287 | 41 | 1 in 1,471 |
| Oklahoma | #303 | 11 | 1 in 2,073 |
| Virginia | #305 | 8 | 1 in 2,968 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
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| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Earnestine
- 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)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1940 at #301 (433 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1907–1963
- 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%)
- 27.3% of all girls named Earnestine (4,380) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #1,147 (1889) | #1,147 |
| 1890s | 36 | #1,099 (1899) | #1,314 |
| 1900s | 145 | #761 (1909) | #1,029 |
| 1910s | 833 | #524 (1919) | #680 |
| 1920s | 2,696 | #354 (1929) | #427 |
| 1930s | 3,448 | #317 (1939) | #342 |
| 1940s | 4,380 | #301 (1940) | #342 |
| 1950s | 3,066 | #398 (1950) | #534 |
| 1960s | 1,017 | #697 (1960) | #1,195 |
| 1970s | 265 | #2,001 (1971) | #3,023 |
| 1980s | 140 | #3,739 (1981) | #5,411 |
| 1990s | 35 | #9,553 (1995) | #10,580 |
| 2000s | 6 | #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 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 3,265 of them was named Earnestine, which outranked 93.3% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 215,123 of them was named Earnestine, which outranked 12.9% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 586 names at #3,959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.