Ernesto
Last seen for girls in 2006 at #17,168 · #878 for boys in 2025, 272 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1981 · 692 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 44,695since 1889
Ernesto over time
Rank among boys' names. Ernesto has never cracked the top 200 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 | — | #878 | 272 | |
| 2024 | — | #891 | 265 | |
| 2023 | — | #868 | 271 | |
| 2022 | — | #863 | 279 | |
| 2021 | — | #893 | 257 | |
| 2020 | — | #792 | 293 | |
| 2019 | — | #773 | 304 | |
| 2018 | — | #726 | 330 | |
| 2017 | — | #707 | 346 | |
| 2016 | — | #685 | 363 | |
| 2015 | — | #638 | 415 | |
| 2014 | — | #650 | 405 | |
| 2013 | — | #627 | 392 | |
| 2012 | — | #545 | 478 | |
| 2011 | — | #493 | 531 | |
| 2010 | — | #491 | 529 | |
| 2009 | — | #462 | 589 | |
| 2008 | — | #411 | 721 | |
| 2007 | — | #403 | 730 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #377 | 793 |
| 2005 | — | #368 | 804 | |
| 2004 | — | #348 | 818 | |
| 2003 | — | #335 | 854 | |
| 2002 | — | #324 | 853 | |
| 2001 | — | #327 | 848 | |
| 2000 | — | #346 | 792 | |
| 1999 | — | #328 | 835 | |
| 1998 | — | #335 | 807 | |
| 1997 | — | #330 | 797 | |
| 1996 | — | #334 | 774 | |
| 1995 | — | #329 | 777 | |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #317 | 817 |
| 1993 | — | #323 | 814 | |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #312 | 847 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #314 | 821 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #310 | 822 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #306 | 779 |
| 1988 | — | #300 | 758 | |
| 1987 | — | #331 | 623 | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #319 | 638 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | #319 | 630 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #318 | 609 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #307 | 641 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #306 | 640 |
| 1981 | — | #291 | 692 | |
| 1980 | — | #306 | 645 | |
| 1979 | — | #328 | 556 | |
| 1978 | — | #316 | 563 | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #331 | 549 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #317 | 557 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #339 | 503 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #348 | 483 |
| 1973 | — | #359 | 463 | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #372 | 449 |
| 1971 | — | #359 | 503 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #380 | 453 |
| 1969 | — | #403 | 392 | |
| 1968 | — | #385 | 406 | |
| 1967 | — | #410 | 345 | |
| 1966 | — | #399 | 354 | |
| 1965 | — | #414 | 357 | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #416 | 377 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #420 | 366 |
| 1962 | — | #418 | 367 | |
| 1961 | — | #476 | 284 | |
| 1960 | — | #424 | 356 | |
| 1959 | — | #438 | 336 | |
| 1958 | — | #436 | 321 | |
| 1957 | — | #424 | 338 | |
| 1956 | — | #424 | 317 | |
| 1955 | — | #458 | 265 | |
| 1954 | — | #475 | 233 | |
| 1953 | — | #442 | 261 | |
| 1952 | — | #423 | 269 | |
| 1951 | — | #434 | 243 | |
| 1950 | — | #405 | 278 | |
| 1949 | — | #421 | 263 | |
| 1948 | — | #430 | 240 | |
| 1947 | — | #473 | 202 | |
| 1946 | — | #456 | 194 | |
| 1945 | — | #444 | 179 | |
| 1944 | — | #477 | 160 | |
| 1943 | — | #515 | 146 | |
| 1942 | — | #478 | 164 | |
| 1941 | — | #529 | 124 | |
| 1940 | — | #528 | 122 | |
| 1939 | — | #479 | 141 | |
| 1938 | — | #539 | 117 | |
| 1937 | — | #567 | 103 | |
| 1936 | — | #477 | 139 | |
| 1935 | — | #501 | 130 | |
| 1934 | — | #466 | 146 | |
| 1933 | — | #532 | 114 | |
| 1932 | — | #512 | 126 | |
| 1931 | — | #474 | 142 | |
| 1930 | — | #457 | 168 | |
| 1929 | — | #486 | 146 | |
| 1928 | — | #507 | 143 | |
| 1927 | — | #564 | 119 | |
| 1926 | — | #516 | 138 | |
| 1925 | — | #569 | 119 | |
| 1924 | — | #553 | 129 | |
| 1923 | — | #531 | 131 | |
| 1922 | — | #629 | 105 | |
| 1921 | — | #621 | 105 | |
| 1920 | — | #744 | 77 | |
| 1919 | — | #619 | 95 | |
| 1918 | — | #841 | 61 | |
| 1917 | — | #822 | 60 | |
| 1916 | — | #824 | 57 | |
| 1915 | — | #879 | 49 | |
| 1914 | — | #907 | 36 | |
| 1913 | — | #818 | 34 | |
| 1912 | — | #816 | 29 | |
| 1911 | — | #759 | 18 | |
| 1910 | — | #928 | 12 | |
| 1909 | — | #756 | 14 | |
| 1908 | — | #946 | 9 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Ernesto! It came in at #878, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1900, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Ernesto
- 13 spots since 2024 (#891 → #878)
- 86 spots since 2020 (#792 → #878)
- 240 spots since 2015 (#638 → #878)
- Biggest jump: 399 spots in 1908 (#1,345 → #946)
- Biggest drop: 172 spots in 1910 (#756 → #928)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1981 at #291 (692 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 36 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 121 yrs · run 1908–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,276 boys born in 2002 were named Ernesto (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,280 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #291 in 1981, was only 1 in 2,588 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.1% of all boys named Ernesto (8,111) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #878 (1889) | #878 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,051 (1899) | #1,051 |
| 1900s | 59 | #637 (1901) | #973 |
| 1910s | 451 | #619 (1919) | #821 |
| 1920s | 1,212 | #486 (1929) | #572 |
| 1930s | 1,326 | #457 (1930) | #500 |
| 1940s | 1,794 | #421 (1949) | #475 |
| 1950s | 2,861 | #405 (1950) | #436 |
| 1960s | 3,604 | #385 (1968) | #417 |
| 1970s | 5,079 | #316 (1978) | #345 |
| 1980s | 6,655 | #291 (1981) | #310 |
| 1990s | 8,111 | #310 (1990) | #323 |
| 2000s | 7,802 | #324 (2002) | #370 |
| 2010s | 4,093 | #491 (2010) | #634 |
| 2020s | 1,637 | #792 (2020) | #864 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ernesto in 1964
Top girls' names in 1964
Top boys' names in 1964
More about 1964
girls
1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 378,971 of them was named Ernesto, which outranked 13.3% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,039 names at #6,767; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 5,286 of them was named Ernesto, which outranked 90.9% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
- ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
- ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
- ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
- ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.