Meaning not yet researched.
Ernestine: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #193 in 1931.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US girls were given it in 2025. It peaked at #193 in 1931. No US babies were recorded with the name Ernestine in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US girls in 2025; it peaked at #193 in 1931.
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Ernestine: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 girls in 2025. Peak: #193 in 1931 · most girls in one year: 1,057 (1928).
Fewer than five US girls were named Ernestine in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #193, reached in 1931. The most girls given the name in a single year was 1,057, in 1928. For comparison, it was #17,276 in 2015 and #291 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ernestine in 137 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 17 babies. In all, 44,191 US babies have been given the name, 99.6% of them girls and 0.4% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 9,661 babies named Ernestine.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 39 US girls were named Ernestine; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 12.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Earnestine (16,134 babies since 1880) and Ernestina (5,309 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Ernesta, Ernestene and Earnestene are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Erna, Ernest, Teeny and Tina.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, French and German. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ernesta (244), Ernestene (197), Earnestene (127), Ernestyne (78), Ernistine (10), Earnistine (6).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Ernestine is listed as a nickname for Earnest.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | #14,018 | — | — |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,969 | — | — |
| 2019 | 5 | #16,297 | — | — |
| 2018 | 5 | #16,433 | — | — |
| 2017 | 5 | #16,626 | — | — |
| 2016 | 12 | #9,060 | — | — |
| 2015 | 5 | #17,276 | — | — |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,396 | — | — |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,276 | — | — |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,526 | — | — |
| 2008 | 6 | #16,022 | — | — |
| 2006 | 5 | #18,010 | — | — |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,451 | — | — |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,899 | — | — |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,449 | — | — |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,466 | — | — |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,201 | — | — |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,406 | — | — |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,648 | — | — |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,475 | — | — |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,157 | — | — |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,764 | — | — |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,641 | — | — |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,618 | — | — |
| 1992 | 25 | #4,124 | — | — |
| 1991 | 36 | #3,110 | — | — |
| 1990 | 38 | #2,972 | — | — |
| 1989 | 32 | #3,274 | — | — |
| 1988 | 37 | #2,817 | — | — |
| 1987 | 60 | #1,904 | — | — |
| 1986 | 45 | #2,276 | — | — |
| 1985 | 51 | #2,085 | — | — |
| 1984 | 68 | #1,619 | — | — |
| 1983 | 56 | #1,863 | — | — |
| 1982 | 55 | #1,926 | — | — |
| 1981 | 81 | #1,494 | — | — |
| 1980 | 67 | #1,693 | — | — |
| 1979 | 73 | #1,573 | — | — |
| 1978 | 66 | #1,615 | — | — |
| 1977 | 72 | #1,519 | — | — |
| 1976 | 64 | #1,575 | — | — |
| 1975 | 79 | #1,354 | — | — |
| 1974 | 87 | #1,253 | — | — |
| 1973 | 106 | #1,085 | — | — |
| 1972 | 133 | #923 | — | — |
| 1971 | 141 | #924 | — | — |
| 1970 | 178 | #787 | — | — |
| 1969 | 169 | #791 | — | — |
| 1968 | 185 | #718 | — | — |
| 1967 | 232 | #625 | — | — |
| 1966 | 232 | #627 | — | — |
| 1965 | 259 | #599 | — | — |
| 1964 | 304 | #564 | — | — |
| 1963 | 347 | #523 | — | — |
| 1962 | 400 | #483 | — | — |
| 1961 | 384 | #495 | — | — |
| 1960 | 401 | #488 | — | — |
| 1959 | 413 | #478 | — | — |
| 1958 | 437 | #457 | — | — |
| 1957 | 453 | #441 | 6 | #3,690 |
| 1956 | 533 | #388 | — | — |
| 1955 | 503 | #393 | — | — |
| 1954 | 567 | #366 | 5 | #3,995 |
| 1953 | 628 | #332 | — | — |
| 1952 | 701 | #301 | 5 | #3,897 |
| 1951 | 697 | #297 | — | — |
| 1950 | 721 | #291 | — | — |
| 1949 | 765 | #278 | — | — |
| 1948 | 775 | #277 | — | — |
| 1947 | 838 | #265 | — | — |
| 1946 | 787 | #254 | — | — |
| 1945 | 772 | #239 | — | — |
| 1944 | 834 | #226 | 5 | #3,584 |
| 1943 | 861 | #229 | — | — |
| 1942 | 808 | #237 | — | — |
| 1941 | 763 | #228 | — | — |
| 1940 | 767 | #219 | 7 | #2,949 |
| 1939 | 794 | #211 | — | — |
| 1938 | 791 | #214 | 6 | #3,285 |
| 1937 | 774 | #217 | 7 | #3,002 |
| 1936 | 792 | #208 | 12 | #2,097 |
| 1935 | 893 | #195 | 12 | #2,165 |
| 1934 | 854 | #207 | 7 | #3,078 |
| 1933 | 842 | #207 | 5 | #3,817 |
| 1932 | 876 | #206 | 8 | #2,932 |
| 1931 | 941 | #193 | 12 | #2,241 |
| 1930 | 959 | #199 | 9 | #2,847 |
| 1929 | 914 | #204 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 1928 | 1,057 | #193 | 10 | #2,720 |
| 1927 | 1,024 | #197 | 6 | #3,910 |
| 1926 | 1,038 | #193 | 7 | #3,496 |
| 1925 | 1,022 | #200 | 5 | #4,415 |
| 1924 | 970 | #205 | 6 | #4,027 |
| 1923 | 898 | #214 | 6 | #3,957 |
| 1922 | 951 | #205 | 5 | #4,506 |
| 1921 | 871 | #217 | — | — |
| 1920 | 863 | #221 | — | — |
| 1919 | 738 | #232 | — | — |
| 1918 | 823 | #218 | — | — |
| 1917 | 742 | #227 | — | — |
| 1916 | 676 | #234 | — | — |
| 1915 | 564 | #249 | — | — |
| 1914 | 473 | #243 | — | — |
| 1913 | 425 | #234 | — | — |
| 1912 | 354 | #240 | — | — |
| 1911 | 238 | #251 | — | — |
| 1910 | 184 | #286 | — | — |
| 1909 | 169 | #276 | — | — |
| 1908 | 176 | #269 | — | — |
| 1907 | 143 | #291 | — | — |
| 1906 | 120 | #306 | — | — |
| 1905 | 123 | #303 | — | — |
| 1904 | 121 | #292 | — | — |
| 1903 | 106 | #305 | — | — |
| 1902 | 113 | #297 | — | — |
| 1901 | 74 | #352 | — | — |
| 1900 | 93 | #347 | — | — |
| 1899 | 74 | #346 | — | — |
| 1898 | 92 | #325 | — | — |
| 1897 | 78 | #332 | — | — |
| 1896 | 56 | #377 | — | — |
| 1895 | 70 | #344 | — | — |
| 1894 | 72 | #330 | — | — |
| 1893 | 64 | #336 | — | — |
| 1892 | 59 | #345 | — | — |
| 1891 | 46 | #368 | — | — |
| 1890 | 68 | #305 | — | — |
| 1889 | 42 | #374 | — | — |
| 1888 | 46 | #351 | — | — |
| 1887 | 53 | #292 | — | — |
| 1886 | 27 | #420 | — | — |
| 1885 | 26 | #407 | — | — |
| 1884 | 29 | #371 | — | — |
| 1883 | 27 | #346 | — | — |
| 1882 | 34 | #301 | — | — |
| 1881 | 21 | #363 | — | — |
| 1880 | 17 | #409 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).