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
- Peak · girls
- 1940 · 433 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 16,073since 1889
Earnestine over time
Rank among girls' names. Earnestine has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
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| 2020 | — | — | ||
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| 2008 | — | — | ||
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| 2006 | — | — | ||
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| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | — | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | — | |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | — | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | — | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | — | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | — | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,739 | 21 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,911 | 18 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,865 | 26 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,052 | 23 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,757 | 26 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,311 | 32 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,001 | 42 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,017 | 41 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,835 | 45 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,834 | 42 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,227 | 75 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,262 | 73 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,122 | 89 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,153 | 91 | — | |
| 1963 | #997 | 114 | — | |
| 1962 | #974 | 120 | — | |
| 1961 | #848 | 155 | — | |
| 1960 | #697 | 213 | — | |
| 1959 | #731 | 191 | — | |
| 1958 | #670 | 217 | — | |
| 1957 | #599 | 264 | — | |
| 1956 | #589 | 257 | — | |
| 1955 | #519 | 316 | — | |
| 1954 | #500 | 312 | — | |
| 1953 | #473 | 328 | — | |
| 1952 | #426 | 406 | — | |
| 1951 | #432 | 372 | — | |
| 1950 | #398 | 403 | — | |
| 1949 | #380 | 426 | — | |
| 1948 | #356 | 475 | — | |
| 1947 | #372 | 467 | — | |
| 1946 | #368 | 420 | — | |
| 1945 | #336 | 409 | — | |
| 1944 | #305 | 483 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #334 | 447 | — | |
| 1942 | #341 | 416 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #327 | 404 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #301 | 433 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #317 | 380 | — | |
| 1938 | #337 | 356 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #318 | 377 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #336 | 345 | — | |
| 1935 | #346 | 340 | — | |
| 1934 | #328 | 361 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #339 | 336 | — | |
| 1932 | #371 | 300 | — | |
| 1931 | #363 | 316 | — | |
| 1930 | #367 | 337 | — | |
| 1929 | #354 | 342 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #372 | 335 | — | |
| 1927 | #391 | 307 | — | |
| 1926 | #373 | 329 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #395 | 301 | — | |
| 1924 | #446 | 244 | — | |
| 1923 | #430 | 246 | — | |
| 1922 | #449 | 231 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #510 | 191 | — | |
| 1920 | #545 | 170 | — | |
| 1919 | #524 | 169 | — | |
| 1918 | #612 | 133 | — | |
| 1917 | #646 | 111 | — | |
| 1916 | #721 | 89 | — | |
| 1915 | #655 | 102 | — | |
| 1914 | #777 | 55 | — | |
| 1913 | #721 | 52 | — | |
| 1912 | #747 | 45 | — | |
| 1911 | #754 | 33 | — | |
| 1910 | #640 | 44 | — | |
| 1909 | #761 | 28 | — | |
| 1908 | #970 | 17 | — | |
| 1907 | #990 | 15 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 | — | |
| 1905 | #848 | 19 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,001 | 13 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,027 | 12 | — | |
| 1902 | #972 | 13 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,171 | 11 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,123 | 9 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1955
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#97 · 1 in 430
- South Carolina#189 · 1 in 954
- Arkansas#197 · 1 in 1,100
- Alabama#199 · 1 in 1,098
- Georgia#222 · 1 in 1,354
Best ever in a state: #53 in Mississippi, 1944.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #97 | 64 | 1 in 430 |
| South Carolina | #189 | 30 | 1 in 954 |
| Arkansas | #197 | 17 | 1 in 1,100 |
| Alabama | #199 | 33 | 1 in 1,098 |
| Georgia | #222 | 34 | 1 in 1,354 |
| Florida | #313 | 17 | 1 in 2,330 |
| Louisiana | #361 | 15 | 1 in 2,505 |
| North Carolina | #411 | 13 | 1 in 3,999 |
| Tennessee | #434 | 8 | 1 in 4,805 |
| Virginia | #480 | 7 | 1 in 5,849 |
| Texas | #499 | 25 | 1 in 4,476 |
| Illinois | #548 | 13 | 1 in 7,752 |
| Ohio | #695 | 7 | 1 in 14,572 |
| Michigan | #737 | 6 | 1 in 14,916 |
| California | #1,288 | 5 | 1 in 29,233 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Earnestine
- 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)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1940 at #301 (433 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1907–1963
- 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%)
- 27.3% of all girls named Earnestine (4,380) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #1,147 (1889) | #1,147 |
| 1890s | 36 | #1,099 (1899) | #1,314 |
| 1900s | 145 | #761 (1909) | #1,029 |
| 1910s | 833 | #524 (1919) | #680 |
| 1920s | 2,696 | #354 (1929) | #427 |
| 1930s | 3,448 | #317 (1939) | #342 |
| 1940s | 4,380 | #301 (1940) | #342 |
| 1950s | 3,066 | #398 (1950) | #534 |
| 1960s | 1,017 | #697 (1960) | #1,195 |
| 1970s | 265 | #2,001 (1971) | #3,023 |
| 1980s | 140 | #3,739 (1981) | #5,411 |
| 1990s | 35 | #9,553 (1995) | #10,580 |
| 2000s | 6 | #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 1955
Top girls' names in 1955
More about 1955
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1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 6,188 of them was named Earnestine, which outranked 92.3% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).