Ernestine
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #13,464 · Last seen for boys in 1957 at #3,552
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1928 · 1,057 births
- Debut · girls
- 17 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 44,032since 1880
Ernestine over time
Rank among girls' names. Ernestine has never cracked the top 100 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | — | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | — | |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 | — | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | — | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | — | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | — | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | — | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 | — | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | — | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,615 | 30 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,585 | 30 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,097 | 36 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,957 | 38 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,253 | 32 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,803 | 37 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,899 | 60 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,265 | 45 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,082 | 51 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,616 | 68 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,858 | 56 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,922 | 55 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,490 | 81 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,692 | 67 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,569 | 73 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,614 | 66 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,514 | 72 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,568 | 64 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,350 | 79 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,252 | 87 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,085 | 106 | — | |
| 1972 | #923 | 133 | — | |
| 1971 | #919 | 141 | — | |
| 1970 | #787 | 178 | — | |
| 1969 | #791 | 169 | — | |
| 1968 | #716 | 185 | — | |
| 1967 | #624 | 232 | — | |
| 1966 | #626 | 232 | — | |
| 1965 | #596 | 259 | — | |
| 1964 | #564 | 304 | — | |
| 1963 | #523 | 347 | — | |
| 1962 | #483 | 400 | — | |
| 1961 | #495 | 384 | — | |
| 1960 | #488 | 401 | — | |
| 1959 | #478 | 413 | — | |
| 1958 | #457 | 437 | — | |
| 1957 | #441 | 453 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #388 | 533 | — | |
| 1955 | #393 | 503 | — | |
| 1954 | #366 | 567 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #332 | 628 | — | |
| 1952 | #301 | 701 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #297 | 697 | — | |
| 1950 | #291 | 721 | — | |
| 1949 | #278 | 765 | — | |
| 1948 | #277 | 775 | — | |
| 1947 | #265 | 838 | — | |
| 1946 | #254 | 787 | — | |
| 1945 | #239 | 772 | — | |
| 1944 | #226 | 834 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #229 | 861 | — | |
| 1942 | #237 | 808 | — | |
| 1941 | #228 | 763 | — | |
| 1940 | #219 | 767 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #211 | 794 | — | |
| 1938 | #214 | 791 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #217 | 774 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #207 | 792 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #195 | 893 | #2,127 | 12 |
| 1934 | #207 | 854 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #207 | 842 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #206 | 876 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #193 | 941 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1930 | #199 | 959 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #204 | 914 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #193 | 1,057 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #197 | 1,024 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #193 | 1,038 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #199 | 1,022 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #205 | 970 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #214 | 898 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #205 | 951 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #217 | 871 | — | |
| 1920 | #221 | 863 | — | |
| 1919 | #231 | 738 | — | |
| 1918 | #218 | 823 | — | |
| 1917 | #226 | 742 | — | |
| 1916 | #234 | 676 | — | |
| 1915 | #249 | 564 | — | |
| 1914 | #243 | 473 | — | |
| 1913 | #234 | 425 | — | |
| 1912 | #240 | 354 | — | |
| 1911 | #251 | 238 | — | |
| 1910 | #286 | 184 | — | |
| 1909 | #276 | 169 | — | |
| 1908 | #268 | 176 | — | |
| 1907 | #290 | 143 | — | |
| 1906 | #305 | 120 | — | |
| 1905 | #302 | 123 | — | |
| 1904 | #292 | 121 | — | |
| 1903 | #305 | 106 | — | |
| 1902 | #296 | 113 | — | |
| 1901 | #352 | 74 | — | |
| 1900 | #346 | 93 | — | |
| 1899 | #346 | 74 | — | |
| 1898 | #325 | 92 | — | |
| 1897 | #332 | 78 | — | |
| 1896 | #377 | 56 | — | |
| 1895 | #342 | 70 | — | |
| 1894 | #328 | 72 | — | |
| 1893 | #336 | 64 | — | |
| 1892 | #343 | 59 | — | |
| 1891 | #365 | 46 | — | |
| 1890 | #301 | 68 | — | |
| 1889 | #371 | 42 | — | |
| 1888 | #349 | 46 | — | |
| 1887 | #292 | 53 | — | |
| 1886 | #416 | 27 | — | |
| 1885 | #405 | 26 | — | |
| 1884 | #368 | 29 | — | |
| 1883 | #343 | 27 | — | |
| 1882 | #300 | 34 | — | |
| 1881 | #360 | 21 | — | |
| 1880 | #403 | 17 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ernestine was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 17 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2004, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Ernestine
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 124 spots in 1887 (#416 → #292)
- Biggest drop: 162 spots in 1973 (#923 → #1,085)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1928 at #193 (1,057 births)
- Births halved by 1955, 27 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1880–1972
- Highest: 1 in 1,091 girls born in 1928 were named Ernestine (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 273,477 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
- 21.8% of all girls named Ernestine (9,608) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 322 | #292 (1887) | #361 |
| 1890s | 679 | #301 (1890) | #340 |
| 1900s | 1,238 | #268 (1908) | #303 |
| 1910s | 5,217 | #218 (1918) | #241 |
| 1920s | 9,608 | #193 (1928) | #205 |
| 1930s | 8,516 | #193 (1931) | #206 |
| 1940s | 7,970 | #219 (1940) | #245 |
| 1950s | 5,653 | #291 (1950) | #374 |
| 1960s | 2,913 | #483 (1962) | #591 |
| 1970s | 999 | #787 (1970) | #1,258 |
| 1980s | 552 | #1,490 (1981) | #2,088 |
| 1990s | 237 | #2,957 (1990) | #4,831 |
| 2000s | 54 | #8,280 (2002) | #12,484 |
| 2010s | 62 | #8,875 (2016) | #12,976 |
| 2020s | 12 | #13,453 (2020) | #13,459 |
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.
Ernestine in 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 1,142 of them was named Ernestine, which outranked 96.6% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 158,644 of them was named Ernestine, which outranked 30.0% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,139Zebedee8
- #3,139Zeke8
- #3,139Zoltan8
- #3,385Ernestine7
- #3,385Abelino7
- #3,385Ad7
- #3,385Adalbert7
- #3,708Abrom6
- #3,708Ada6
- #3,708Adalberto6
Tied with 322 names at #3,385; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.