Earnestine

Last seen for girls in 2001 at #13,521 · Last seen for boys in 1944 at #3,109
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1940 · 433 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
16,073
since 1889

Earnestine over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Earnestine has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #301, 1940girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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First appearance
1889

The first year at least five girls were named Earnestine! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1894, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Earnestine is popular in 1934

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedNEMissouri: #388 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,504 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #263 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,831 girlsWVVirginia: #206 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,351 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedKSArkansas: #117 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 458 girlsARTennessee: #219 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,339 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #286 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,278 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #166 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 800 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #313 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,258 girlsOKLouisiana: #204 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 943 girlsLAMississippi: #108 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 419 girlsMSAlabama: #157 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 699 girlsALGeorgia: #183 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 891 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Earnestine, so not publishedHITexas: #267 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 1,362 girlsTXFlorida: #210 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,061 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#108 · 1 in 419
  2. Arkansas#117 · 1 in 458
  3. Alabama#157 · 1 in 699
  4. South Carolina#166 · 1 in 800
  5. Georgia#183 · 1 in 891

Best ever in a state: #53 in Mississippi, 1944.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#108511 in 419
Arkansas#117411 in 458
Alabama#157421 in 699
South Carolina#166261 in 800
Georgia#183341 in 891
Louisiana#204221 in 943
Virginia#206171 in 1,351
Florida#210111 in 1,061
Tennessee#219201 in 1,339
West Virginia#263101 in 1,831
Texas#267421 in 1,362
North Carolina#286161 in 2,278
Oklahoma#313101 in 2,258
Missouri#38861 in 4,504
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See more about Earnestine
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2001
  • Biggest jump: 331 spots in 1907 (#1,321 → #990)
  • Biggest drop: 473 spots in 1906 (#848 → #1,321)
Rise & fade · girls
51 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1940 at #301 (433 births)
  • Births halved by 1959, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 59 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1907–1963
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,641
  • Highest: 1 in 2,641 girls born in 1940 were named Earnestine (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 300,104 girls born in 2001 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 27.3% of all girls named Earnestine (4,380) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#1,147 (1889)#1,147
1890s36#1,099 (1899)#1,314
1900s145#761 (1909)#1,029
1910s833#524 (1919)#680
1920s2,696#354 (1929)#427
1930s3,448#317 (1939)#342
1940s4,380#301 (1940)#342
1950s3,066#398 (1950)#534
1960s1,017#697 (1960)#1,195
1970s265#2,001 (1971)#3,023
1980s140#3,739 (1981)#5,411
1990s35#9,553 (1995)#10,580
2000s6#13,521 (2001)#13,521

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Earnestine in 1934

girls
#328
361 births · 1 in 2,893 girls
boys
#3,277
6 births · 1 in 172,099 boys

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #328Earnestine361

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #3,277Earnestine6
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 2,893 of them was named Earnestine, which outranked 93.4% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Earnestine
  1. #324May371
  2. #326Ila367
  3. #326Lupe367
  4. #328Earnestine361
  5. #329Elva359
  6. #329Olivia359
  7. #331Betsy357
Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 571Luann#1,442 → #871
  2. ↑ 469Alison#1,442 → #973
  3. ↑ 439Golda#1,364 → #925
  4. ↑ 350Ronald#1,244 → #894
  5. ↑ 346Gale#1,102 → #756
Fallers
  1. ↓ 685Nira#463 → #1,148
  2. ↓ 342Vina#782 → #1,124
  3. ↓ 316Zita#947 → #1,263
  4. ↓ 299Myrtie#834 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 278Theola#985 → #1,263

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

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 172,099 of them was named Earnestine, which outranked 22.1% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Earnestine
  1. #2,973Wirt7
  2. #2,973Woodford7
  3. #2,973Zeke7
  4. #3,277Earnestine6
  5. #3,277Adalbert6
  6. #3,277Add6
  7. #3,277Adolphe6
  8. #3,679Abb5
  9. #3,679Acencion5
  10. #3,679Achille5

Tied with 401 names at #3,277; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 746Lanny#1,361 → #615
  2. ↑ 630Kerry#1,586 → #956
  3. ↑ 620Marland#1,456 → #836
  4. ↑ 404Kirk#1,202 → #798
  5. ↑ 350Valentin#1,281 → #931
Fallers
  1. ↓ 730Neville#995 → #1,725
  2. ↓ 616Garner#770 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 520Vivian#905 → #1,425
  4. ↓ 488Finis#869 → #1,357
  5. ↓ 464Malcom#961 → #1,425

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

See the top 100 for 1934 →