Ernestina

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births

Peak · girls
#679
1933 · 92 births
Debut · girls
1896
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,309
since 1896

Ernestina over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ernestina has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #679, 1933girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#10,9178
2024—
2023#13,4626
2022—
2021#15,2515
2020#13,4536
2019#13,7996
2018#13,7936
2017#14,1246
2016#10,11310
2015#14,4826
2014#8,48513
2013#14,5826
2012#12,1998
2011#16,7645
2010#13,4487
2009#13,7047
2008#7,07318
2007#8,09815
2006#8,23714
2005#7,50015
2004#11,6248
2003#5,79520
2002#7,04515
2001#6,95615
2000#5,49120
1999#6,83614
1998#5,58318
1997#4,00727
1996#4,58322
1995#3,67029
1994#4,52122
1993#3,15836
1992#3,58130
1991#2,84341
1990#3,62329
1989#2,76940
1988#2,70039
1987#2,78035
1986#2,97331
1985#2,54538
1984#2,29942
1983#2,39839
1982#1,85058
1981#2,19546
1980#1,86358
1979#2,02050
1978#2,12544
1977#1,77457
1976#1,93646
1975#1,57163
1974#1,57860
1973#1,54860
1972#1,38072
1971#1,56062
1970#1,82848
1969#1,45365
1968#1,72846
1967#1,44159
1966#1,53253
1965#1,36665
1964#1,55953
1963#1,29073
1962#1,45658
1961#1,37566
1960#1,26675
1959#1,26272
1958#1,25372
1957#1,22075
1956#1,23771
1955#1,14276
1954#1,05786
1953#1,05484
1952#1,11971
1951#1,06875
1950#95988
1949#99282
1948#1,04971
1947#853106
1946#95376
1945#88173
1944#90971
1943#97566
1942#1,00660
1941#91864
1940#82075
1939#76182
1938#77581
1937#77877
1936#85363
1935#80571
1934#87560
1933#67992
1932#80871
1931#76876
1930#69997
1929#72195
1928#83175
1927#77188
1926#74892
1925#80684
1924#95164
1923#1,08449
1922#1,11447
1921#1,03553
1920#1,70824
1919#1,34833
1918#1,16541
1917#1,40228
1916#1,44526
1915#1,73819
1914#1,44420
1913#2,1649
1912#2,9795
1911#1,37212
1910#2,3985
1909#1,7637
1908—
1907—
1906#1,4168
1905—
1904#1,8775
1903#1,7925
1902—
1901—
1900—
1899#1,5965
1898—
1897#1,3856
1896#1,4166
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First appearance
1896

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.

See more about Ernestina
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
37 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1896
  • Peaked 1933 at #679 (92 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 35 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1924–1941
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,956
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 14.5% of all girls named Ernestina (770) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s17#1,385 (1897)#1,466
1900s25#1,416 (1906)#1,712
1910s198#1,165 (1918)#1,746
1920s671#721 (1929)#977
1930s770#679 (1933)#780
1940s744#820 (1940)#936
1950s770#959 (1950)#1,137
1960s613#1,266 (1960)#1,447
1970s562#1,380 (1972)#1,732
1980s426#1,850 (1982)#2,437
1990s268#2,843 (1991)#4,241
2000s147#5,491 (2000)#8,152
2010s73#8,485 (2014)#13,179
2020s25#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 1942

girls
#1,006
60 births · 1 in 22,512 girls

Top girls' names in 1942

  1. #1Mary63,256
  2. #2Barbara44,739
  3. #3Patricia39,465
  4. #4Linda31,613
  5. #5Carol30,272
  6. #6Sandra24,994
  7. #7Judith24,792
  8. #8Nancy23,327
  9. #9Betty21,659
  10. #10Carolyn19,978
  11. #1,006Ernestina60
More about 1942

girls

1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 22,512 of them was named Ernestina, which outranked 81.3% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ernestina
  1. #997Mittie61
  2. #997Una61
  3. #997Vivien61
  4. #1,006Ernestina60
  5. #1,006Blanch60
  6. #1,006Charolette60
  7. #1,006Earlean60
  8. #1,019Elease59
  9. #1,019Marcy59
  10. #1,019Serena59

Tied with 12 names at #1,006; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,567Michal#4,420 → #853
  2. ↑ 1,885Merrily#2,397 → #512
  3. ↑ 1,081Merrilee#1,954 → #873
  4. ↑ 783Jerrilyn#1,610 → #827
  5. ↑ 760Candace#1,418 → #658
Fallers
  1. ↓ 354Rebekah#924 → #1,278
  2. ↓ 350Leatha#830 → #1,180
  3. ↓ 307Nella#993 → #1,300
  4. ↓ 272Arla#934 → #1,206
  5. ↓ 262Vivien#735 → #997

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

See the top 100 for 1942 →