Ernestine
Ernestine is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 193rd, in 1926, 1928, 1931.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 19281,057 births
- Best rank
- #193first in 1926
- Since 1880
- 44,032people given the name
The story in the numbers
44,032 girls have been named Ernestine in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1928, with 1,057 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 1,057 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1935, and the 1920s alone account for 22%. It has spent 93 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Ernestine | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 322 | |
| 1890s | 679 | |
| 1900s | 1,238 | |
| 1910s | 5,217 | |
| 1920s | 9,608 | |
| 1930s | 8,516 | |
| 1940s | 7,970 | |
| 1950s | 5,653 | |
| 1960s | 2,913 | |
| 1970s | 999 | |
| 1980s | 552 | |
| 1990s | 237 | |
| 2000s | 54 | |
| 2010s | 62 | |
| 2020s | 12 |
In 1928, its biggest year
Ernestine was the 193rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1928 were Mary, Betty, Dorothy, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1928.
Names that rose and fell with Ernestine
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Melvapeak 1938
- Ruthapeak 1925
- Margarettpeak 1922
- Bernadinepeak 1924
- Pearlinepeak 1927
- Arlettapeak 1930
- Norenepeak 1931
- Rethapeak 1924
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.