Ernestina
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · girls
- 1933 · 92 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,309since 1896
Ernestina over time
Rank among girls' names. Ernestina has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 |
| 1997 | #4,007 | 27 |
| 1996 | #4,583 | 22 |
| 1995 | #3,670 | 29 |
| 1994 | #4,521 | 22 |
| 1993 | #3,158 | 36 |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 |
| 1991 | #2,843 | 41 |
| 1990 | #3,623 | 29 |
| 1989 | #2,769 | 40 |
| 1988 | #2,700 | 39 |
| 1987 | #2,780 | 35 |
| 1986 | #2,973 | 31 |
| 1985 | #2,545 | 38 |
| 1984 | #2,299 | 42 |
| 1983 | #2,398 | 39 |
| 1982 | #1,850 | 58 |
| 1981 | #2,195 | 46 |
| 1980 | #1,863 | 58 |
| 1979 | #2,020 | 50 |
| 1978 | #2,125 | 44 |
| 1977 | #1,774 | 57 |
| 1976 | #1,936 | 46 |
| 1975 | #1,571 | 63 |
| 1974 | #1,578 | 60 |
| 1973 | #1,548 | 60 |
| 1972 | #1,380 | 72 |
| 1971 | #1,560 | 62 |
| 1970 | #1,828 | 48 |
| 1969 | #1,453 | 65 |
| 1968 | #1,728 | 46 |
| 1967 | #1,441 | 59 |
| 1966 | #1,532 | 53 |
| 1965 | #1,366 | 65 |
| 1964 | #1,559 | 53 |
| 1963 | #1,290 | 73 |
| 1962 | #1,456 | 58 |
| 1961 | #1,375 | 66 |
| 1960 | #1,266 | 75 |
| 1959 | #1,262 | 72 |
| 1958 | #1,253 | 72 |
| 1957 | #1,220 | 75 |
| 1956 | #1,237 | 71 |
| 1955 | #1,142 | 76 |
| 1954 | #1,057 | 86 |
| 1953 | #1,054 | 84 |
| 1952 | #1,119 | 71 |
| 1951 | #1,068 | 75 |
| 1950 | #959 | 88 |
| 1949 | #992 | 82 |
| 1948 | #1,049 | 71 |
| 1947 | #853 | 106 |
| 1946 | #953 | 76 |
| 1945 | #881 | 73 |
| 1944 | #909 | 71 |
| 1943 | #975 | 66 |
| 1942 | #1,006 | 60 |
| 1941 | #918 | 64 |
| 1940 | #820 | 75 |
| 1939 | #761 | 82 |
| 1938 | #775 | 81 |
| 1937 | #778 | 77 |
| 1936 | #853 | 63 |
| 1935 | #805 | 71 |
| 1934 | #875 | 60 |
| 1933 | #679 | 92 |
| 1932 | #808 | 71 |
| 1931 | #768 | 76 |
| 1930 | #699 | 97 |
| 1929 | #721 | 95 |
| 1928 | #831 | 75 |
| 1927 | #771 | 88 |
| 1926 | #748 | 92 |
| 1925 | #806 | 84 |
| 1924 | #951 | 64 |
| 1923 | #1,084 | 49 |
| 1922 | #1,114 | 47 |
| 1921 | #1,035 | 53 |
| 1920 | #1,708 | 24 |
| 1919 | #1,348 | 33 |
| 1918 | #1,165 | 41 |
| 1917 | #1,402 | 28 |
| 1916 | #1,445 | 26 |
| 1915 | #1,738 | 19 |
| 1914 | #1,444 | 20 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 |
| 1911 | #1,372 | 12 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Ernestina! It came in at #1,416, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1898–1905, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Ernestina is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arizona#169 · 1 in 692
- Texas#235 · 1 in 1,202
- New Mexico#258 · 1 in 1,174
- California#473 · 1 in 4,992
Best ever in a state: #98 in Arizona, 1926.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | #169 | 7 | 1 in 692 |
| Texas | #235 | 50 | 1 in 1,202 |
| New Mexico | #258 | 5 | 1 in 1,174 |
| California | #473 | 10 | 1 in 4,992 |
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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 Ernestina
- 2,536 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #10,917)
- 3,565 spots since 2015 (#14,482 → #10,917)
- Biggest jump: 145 spots in 1925 (#951 → #806)
- Biggest drop: 196 spots in 1934 (#679 → #875)
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1933 at #679 (92 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 35 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1924–1941
- Highest: 1 in 10,956 girls born in 1933 were named Ernestina (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 14.5% of all girls named Ernestina (770) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 17 | #1,385 (1897) | #1,466 |
| 1900s | 25 | #1,416 (1906) | #1,712 |
| 1910s | 198 | #1,165 (1918) | #1,746 |
| 1920s | 671 | #721 (1929) | #977 |
| 1930s | 770 | #679 (1933) | #780 |
| 1940s | 744 | #820 (1940) | #936 |
| 1950s | 770 | #959 (1950) | #1,137 |
| 1960s | 613 | #1,266 (1960) | #1,447 |
| 1970s | 562 | #1,380 (1972) | #1,732 |
| 1980s | 426 | #1,850 (1982) | #2,437 |
| 1990s | 268 | #2,843 (1991) | #4,241 |
| 2000s | 147 | #5,491 (2000) | #8,152 |
| 2010s | 73 | #8,485 (2014) | #13,179 |
| 2020s | 25 | #10,917 (2025) | #13,271 |
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.
Ernestina in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 15,247 of them was named Ernestina, which outranked 83.7% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #817Idella76
- #817Isabella76
- #817Willia76
- #820Ernestina75
- #820Chloe75
- #820Colette75
- #820Florene75
- #827Cecil74
- #827Hallie74
- #827Holly74
Tied with 6 names at #820; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.