Ernst
Ernst is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 417th, in 1885.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 191759 births
- Best rank
- #417in 1885
- Since 1880
- 2,383people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,383 boys have been named Ernst in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1917, with 59 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 59 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1936, and the 1910s alone account for 16%. It has spent 32 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Ernst | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 117 | |
| 1890s | 97 | |
| 1900s | 72 | |
| 1910s | 371 | |
| 1920s | 350 | |
| 1930s | 281 | |
| 1940s | 202 | |
| 1950s | 208 | |
| 1960s | 182 | |
| 1970s | 149 | |
| 1980s | 162 | |
| 1990s | 98 | |
| 2000s | 59 | |
| 2010s | 30 | |
| 2020s | 5 |
In 1917, its biggest year
Ernst was the 834th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1917 were John, William, James, Robert and Joseph. See all of 1917.
Names that rose and fell with Ernst
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Adolphuspeak 1922
- Alvahpeak 1916
- Newtonpeak 1919
- Irapeak 1947
- Harrypeak 1918
- Clempeak 1917
- Lafayettepeak 1921
- Benpeak 1918
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.