Meaning not yet researched.
Ernesto: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 272 in 2025. Its best rank was #291 in 1981.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #291 in 1981; #878 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Ernesto in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#878 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1981, at #291.
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Ernesto: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 272 boys in 2025. Peak: #291 in 1981 · most boys in one year: 854 (2003).
In 2025, 272 US boys were named Ernesto, making it the 878th most common boys’ name of the year, up 13 places from #891 in 2024. That is 7 more than the 265 boys named Ernesto in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #291, reached in 1981. The most boys given the name in a single year was 854, in 2003. For comparison, it was #638 in 2015 and #405 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ernesto in 125 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1889 with 6 babies. In all, 44,816 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 8,140 babies named Ernesto.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,980 US boys were named Ernesto; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 363. In 2025 that was about 1 in 6,280 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ernesto ranked highest in Arizona in 2025, at #381 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Ernest (304,354 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Erno are summarised on this page.
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.
Rare spellings summarised here: Erno (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Ernesto in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 41 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 20 | #381 | #310 |
| New Mexico | 5 | #383 | #366 |
| California | 86 | #384 | #316 |
| Nevada | 6 | #466 | #466 |
| Texas | 67 | #502 | #356 |
| Florida | 15 | #925 | #783 |
| North Carolina | 8 | #960 | — |
| Washington | 5 | #1,047 | #548 |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,158 | #1,127 |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,172 | #651 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 272 | #878 |
| 2024 | — | — | 265 | #891 |
| 2023 | — | — | 271 | #868 |
| 2022 | — | — | 279 | #863 |
| 2021 | — | — | 257 | #893 |
| 2020 | — | — | 293 | #792 |
| 2019 | — | — | 304 | #773 |
| 2018 | — | — | 330 | #727 |
| 2017 | — | — | 346 | #707 |
| 2016 | — | — | 363 | #685 |
| 2015 | — | — | 415 | #638 |
| 2014 | — | — | 405 | #650 |
| 2013 | — | — | 392 | #627 |
| 2012 | — | — | 478 | #545 |
| 2011 | — | — | 531 | #493 |
| 2010 | — | — | 529 | #491 |
| 2009 | — | — | 589 | #463 |
| 2008 | — | — | 721 | #411 |
| 2007 | — | — | 730 | #403 |
| 2006 | 5 | #18,011 | 793 | #378 |
| 2005 | — | — | 804 | #368 |
| 2004 | — | — | 818 | #348 |
| 2003 | — | — | 854 | #335 |
| 2002 | — | — | 853 | #324 |
| 2001 | — | — | 848 | #328 |
| 2000 | — | — | 792 | #346 |
| 1999 | — | — | 835 | #328 |
| 1998 | — | — | 807 | #335 |
| 1997 | — | — | 797 | #330 |
| 1996 | — | — | 774 | #334 |
| 1995 | — | — | 777 | #329 |
| 1994 | 9 | #9,061 | 817 | #317 |
| 1993 | — | — | 814 | #323 |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,240 | 847 | #312 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,837 | 821 | #314 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,701 | 822 | #310 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,023 | 779 | #306 |
| 1988 | — | — | 758 | #300 |
| 1987 | — | — | 623 | #331 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,819 | 638 | #319 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,602 | 630 | #319 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,430 | 609 | #318 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,765 | 641 | #307 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,986 | 640 | #306 |
| 1981 | — | — | 692 | #291 |
| 1980 | — | — | 645 | #306 |
| 1979 | — | — | 556 | #328 |
| 1978 | — | — | 563 | #316 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,771 | 549 | #331 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,730 | 557 | #317 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,499 | 503 | #339 |
| 1974 | 7 | #7,120 | 483 | #348 |
| 1973 | — | — | 463 | #359 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,758 | 449 | #372 |
| 1971 | — | — | 503 | #359 |
| 1970 | 5 | #8,362 | 453 | #380 |
| 1969 | — | — | 392 | #403 |
| 1968 | — | — | 406 | #385 |
| 1967 | — | — | 345 | #410 |
| 1966 | — | — | 354 | #399 |
| 1965 | — | — | 357 | #414 |
| 1964 | 5 | #7,069 | 377 | #416 |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,077 | 366 | #420 |
| 1962 | — | — | 367 | #418 |
| 1961 | — | — | 284 | #476 |
| 1960 | — | — | 356 | #425 |
| 1959 | — | — | 336 | #438 |
| 1958 | — | — | 321 | #437 |
| 1957 | — | — | 338 | #424 |
| 1956 | — | — | 317 | #424 |
| 1955 | — | — | 265 | #458 |
| 1954 | — | — | 233 | #475 |
| 1953 | — | — | 261 | #442 |
| 1952 | — | — | 269 | #423 |
| 1951 | — | — | 243 | #434 |
| 1950 | — | — | 278 | #405 |
| 1949 | — | — | 263 | #421 |
| 1948 | — | — | 240 | #431 |
| 1947 | — | — | 202 | #473 |
| 1946 | — | — | 194 | #456 |
| 1945 | — | — | 179 | #444 |
| 1944 | — | — | 160 | #477 |
| 1943 | — | — | 146 | #515 |
| 1942 | — | — | 164 | #480 |
| 1941 | — | — | 124 | #529 |
| 1940 | — | — | 122 | #529 |
| 1939 | — | — | 141 | #481 |
| 1938 | — | — | 117 | #540 |
| 1937 | — | — | 103 | #568 |
| 1936 | — | — | 139 | #478 |
| 1935 | — | — | 130 | #504 |
| 1934 | — | — | 146 | #468 |
| 1933 | — | — | 114 | #535 |
| 1932 | — | — | 126 | #512 |
| 1931 | — | — | 142 | #474 |
| 1930 | — | — | 168 | #457 |
| 1929 | — | — | 146 | #487 |
| 1928 | — | — | 143 | #507 |
| 1927 | — | — | 119 | #566 |
| 1926 | — | — | 138 | #517 |
| 1925 | — | — | 119 | #570 |
| 1924 | — | — | 129 | #553 |
| 1923 | — | — | 131 | #531 |
| 1922 | — | — | 105 | #630 |
| 1921 | — | — | 105 | #621 |
| 1920 | — | — | 77 | #748 |
| 1919 | — | — | 95 | #619 |
| 1918 | — | — | 61 | #845 |
| 1917 | — | — | 60 | #825 |
| 1916 | — | — | 57 | #826 |
| 1915 | — | — | 49 | #884 |
| 1914 | — | — | 36 | #913 |
| 1913 | — | — | 34 | #824 |
| 1912 | — | — | 29 | #819 |
| 1911 | — | — | 18 | #766 |
| 1910 | — | — | 12 | #947 |
| 1909 | — | — | 14 | #770 |
| 1908 | — | — | 9 | #970 |
| 1907 | — | — | 5 | #1,398 |
| 1906 | — | — | 7 | #1,045 |
| 1905 | — | — | 8 | #947 |
| 1904 | — | — | 5 | #1,264 |
| 1901 | — | — | 11 | #650 |
| 1899 | — | — | 5 | #1,096 |
| 1889 | — | — | 6 | #910 |
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).