Ernst

Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146

Peak · boys
1885 · 19 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,383
since 1880

Ernst over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ernst has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #411, 1885boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021#12,1465
2020
2019
2018#12,1565
2017
2016#10,7446
2015#10,6446
2014
2013#9,6557
2012
2011#10,8086
2010
2009#12,4915
2008#9,0198
2007
2006#9,5857
2005#11,4725
2004#6,97610
2003
2002#8,4567
2001#7,5368
2000#6,8399
1999#6,04210
1998#6,8438
1997#5,28811
1996#5,53510
1995#7,7926
1994#5,45210
1993#5,36010
1992#5,23610
1991#5,09610
1990#4,16713
1989#3,20518
1988#3,35015
1987#3,33914
1986#2,77918
1985#2,35722
1984#3,45912
1983#3,23013
1982#2,34121
1981#2,56918
1980#3,61511
1979#4,8427
1978#2,56817
1977#3,60610
1976#2,82614
1975#2,90213
1974#2,79913
1973#2,12419
1972#2,53414
1971#2,05220
1970#1,88922
1969#2,41513
1968#2,57611
1967#1,71121
1966#1,75719
1965#1,72021
1964#1,65523
1963#1,95717
1962#1,66923
1961#1,77821
1960#2,31513
1959#1,62024
1958#1,72421
1957#1,83719
1956#1,72221
1955#1,72520
1954#1,70620
1953#1,55124
1952#1,51725
1951#2,05514
1950#1,65720
1949#1,82017
1948#1,48724
1947#1,73319
1946#1,75917
1945#1,77215
1944#1,48321
1943#1,69918
1942#1,42124
1941#1,44622
1940#1,33425
1939#1,39023
1938#1,27527
1937#1,31326
1936#1,38423
1935#1,19431
1934#1,26628
1933#1,15932
1932#1,42624
1931#1,28229
1930#1,13238
1929#1,41326
1928#1,25433
1927#1,32231
1926#1,06443
1925#1,05343
1924#1,20436
1923#1,81619
1922#1,25933
1921#1,06943
1920#1,07343
1919#93851
1918#90254
1917#83359
1916#84055
1915#89348
1914#89837
1913#91429
1912#1,00021
1911#1,11710
1910#1,3147
1909#95110
1908#82511
1907
1906#64014
1905#9198
1904#8109
1903#1,0096
1902
1901#1,0585
1900#9029
1899#9286
1898#57314
1897#1,0575
1896#7789
1895#57913
1894#52115
1893#57212
1892#8617
1891#7667
1890#6679
1889#62810
1888#58012
1887#58310
1886#6948
1885#41119
1884#50414
1883#44816
1882#7547
1881#50312
1880#6409
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ernst was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1902, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Ernst
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
  • Biggest jump: 484 spots in 1898 (#1,057#573)
  • Biggest drop: 363 spots in 1910 (#951#1,314)
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1885 at #411 (19 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 33 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1880–1896
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,674
  • Highest: 1 in 5,674 boys born in 1885 were named Ernst (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 349,896 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 15.6% of all boys named Ernst (371) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s117#411 (1885)#575
1890s97#521 (1894)#730
1900s72#640 (1906)#889
1910s371#833 (1917)#965
1920s350#1,053 (1925)#1,253
1930s281#1,132 (1930)#1,282
1940s202#1,334 (1940)#1,595
1950s208#1,517 (1952)#1,711
1960s182#1,655 (1964)#1,955
1970s149#1,889 (1970)#2,814
1980s162#2,341 (1982)#3,024
1990s98#4,167 (1990)#5,681
2000s59#6,839 (2000)#9,047
2010s30#9,655 (2013)#10,801
2020s5#12,146 (2021)#12,146

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.

Ernst in 1915

boys
#893
48 births · 1 in 17,679 boys

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #893Ernst48
More about 1915

boys

848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 17,679 of them was named Ernst, which outranked 79.7% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ernst
  1. #879Ruel49
  2. #879Tracy49
  3. #879Wilfrid49
  4. #893Ernst48
  5. #893Allison48
  6. #893Arturo48
  7. #893Erling48
  8. #906Ashley47
  9. #906Collins47
  10. #906Denzil47

Tied with 12 names at #893; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 691Eston#1,687#996
  2. 565Estill#1,545#980
  3. 545Garth#1,260#715
  4. 474Hiroshi#1,342#868
  5. 439Domingo#1,101#662
Fallers
  1. 674Gilmore#986#1,660
  2. 667Barnett#933#1,600
  3. 526Rose#884#1,410
  4. 517Toivo#855#1,372
  5. 461Sampson#949#1,410

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

See the top 100 for 1915