Ernesto
Last seen for girls in 2006 at #17,168 · #878 for boys in 2025, 272 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1981 · 692 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 44,695since 1889
Ernesto over time
Rank among boys' names. Ernesto has never cracked the top 200 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #878 | 272 | |
| 2024 | — | #891 | 265 | |
| 2023 | — | #868 | 271 | |
| 2022 | — | #863 | 279 | |
| 2021 | — | #893 | 257 | |
| 2020 | — | #792 | 293 | |
| 2019 | — | #773 | 304 | |
| 2018 | — | #726 | 330 | |
| 2017 | — | #707 | 346 | |
| 2016 | — | #685 | 363 | |
| 2015 | — | #638 | 415 | |
| 2014 | — | #650 | 405 | |
| 2013 | — | #627 | 392 | |
| 2012 | — | #545 | 478 | |
| 2011 | — | #493 | 531 | |
| 2010 | — | #491 | 529 | |
| 2009 | — | #462 | 589 | |
| 2008 | — | #411 | 721 | |
| 2007 | — | #403 | 730 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #377 | 793 |
| 2005 | — | #368 | 804 | |
| 2004 | — | #348 | 818 | |
| 2003 | — | #335 | 854 | |
| 2002 | — | #324 | 853 | |
| 2001 | — | #327 | 848 | |
| 2000 | — | #346 | 792 | |
| 1999 | — | #328 | 835 | |
| 1998 | — | #335 | 807 | |
| 1997 | — | #330 | 797 | |
| 1996 | — | #334 | 774 | |
| 1995 | — | #329 | 777 | |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #317 | 817 |
| 1993 | — | #323 | 814 | |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #312 | 847 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #314 | 821 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #310 | 822 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #306 | 779 |
| 1988 | — | #300 | 758 | |
| 1987 | — | #331 | 623 | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #319 | 638 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | #319 | 630 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #318 | 609 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #307 | 641 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #306 | 640 |
| 1981 | — | #291 | 692 | |
| 1980 | — | #306 | 645 | |
| 1979 | — | #328 | 556 | |
| 1978 | — | #316 | 563 | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #331 | 549 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #317 | 557 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #339 | 503 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #348 | 483 |
| 1973 | — | #359 | 463 | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #372 | 449 |
| 1971 | — | #359 | 503 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #380 | 453 |
| 1969 | — | #403 | 392 | |
| 1968 | — | #385 | 406 | |
| 1967 | — | #410 | 345 | |
| 1966 | — | #399 | 354 | |
| 1965 | — | #414 | 357 | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #416 | 377 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #420 | 366 |
| 1962 | — | #418 | 367 | |
| 1961 | — | #476 | 284 | |
| 1960 | — | #424 | 356 | |
| 1959 | — | #438 | 336 | |
| 1958 | — | #436 | 321 | |
| 1957 | — | #424 | 338 | |
| 1956 | — | #424 | 317 | |
| 1955 | — | #458 | 265 | |
| 1954 | — | #475 | 233 | |
| 1953 | — | #442 | 261 | |
| 1952 | — | #423 | 269 | |
| 1951 | — | #434 | 243 | |
| 1950 | — | #405 | 278 | |
| 1949 | — | #421 | 263 | |
| 1948 | — | #430 | 240 | |
| 1947 | — | #473 | 202 | |
| 1946 | — | #456 | 194 | |
| 1945 | — | #444 | 179 | |
| 1944 | — | #477 | 160 | |
| 1943 | — | #515 | 146 | |
| 1942 | — | #478 | 164 | |
| 1941 | — | #529 | 124 | |
| 1940 | — | #528 | 122 | |
| 1939 | — | #479 | 141 | |
| 1938 | — | #539 | 117 | |
| 1937 | — | #567 | 103 | |
| 1936 | — | #477 | 139 | |
| 1935 | — | #501 | 130 | |
| 1934 | — | #466 | 146 | |
| 1933 | — | #532 | 114 | |
| 1932 | — | #512 | 126 | |
| 1931 | — | #474 | 142 | |
| 1930 | — | #457 | 168 | |
| 1929 | — | #486 | 146 | |
| 1928 | — | #507 | 143 | |
| 1927 | — | #564 | 119 | |
| 1926 | — | #516 | 138 | |
| 1925 | — | #569 | 119 | |
| 1924 | — | #553 | 129 | |
| 1923 | — | #531 | 131 | |
| 1922 | — | #629 | 105 | |
| 1921 | — | #621 | 105 | |
| 1920 | — | #744 | 77 | |
| 1919 | — | #619 | 95 | |
| 1918 | — | #841 | 61 | |
| 1917 | — | #822 | 60 | |
| 1916 | — | #824 | 57 | |
| 1915 | — | #879 | 49 | |
| 1914 | — | #907 | 36 | |
| 1913 | — | #818 | 34 | |
| 1912 | — | #816 | 29 | |
| 1911 | — | #759 | 18 | |
| 1910 | — | #928 | 12 | |
| 1909 | — | #756 | 14 | |
| 1908 | — | #946 | 9 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
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| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Ernesto! It came in at #878, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1900, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Ernesto is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#153 · 1 in 785
- New Mexico#177 · 1 in 876
- Arizona#197 · 1 in 1,183
- Texas#206 · 1 in 1,121
- Illinois#323 · 1 in 2,817
Best ever in a state: #21 in New Mexico, 1919.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #153 | 304 | 1 in 785 |
| New Mexico | #177 | 13 | 1 in 876 |
| Arizona | #197 | 24 | 1 in 1,183 |
| Texas | #206 | 128 | 1 in 1,121 |
| Illinois | #323 | 29 | 1 in 2,817 |
| Florida | #335 | 29 | 1 in 2,742 |
| Washington | #344 | 9 | 1 in 3,524 |
| New Jersey | #346 | 13 | 1 in 3,839 |
| New York | #407 | 30 | 1 in 4,188 |
| Georgia | #679 | 5 | 1 in 9,111 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Ernesto
- 13 spots since 2024 (#891 → #878)
- 86 spots since 2020 (#792 → #878)
- 240 spots since 2015 (#638 → #878)
- Biggest jump: 399 spots in 1908 (#1,345 → #946)
- Biggest drop: 172 spots in 1910 (#756 → #928)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1981 at #291 (692 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 36 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 121 yrs · run 1908–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,276 boys born in 2002 were named Ernesto (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,280 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #291 in 1981, was only 1 in 2,588 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.1% of all boys named Ernesto (8,111) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #878 (1889) | #878 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,051 (1899) | #1,051 |
| 1900s | 59 | #637 (1901) | #973 |
| 1910s | 451 | #619 (1919) | #821 |
| 1920s | 1,212 | #486 (1929) | #572 |
| 1930s | 1,326 | #457 (1930) | #500 |
| 1940s | 1,794 | #421 (1949) | #475 |
| 1950s | 2,861 | #405 (1950) | #436 |
| 1960s | 3,604 | #385 (1968) | #417 |
| 1970s | 5,079 | #316 (1978) | #345 |
| 1980s | 6,655 | #291 (1981) | #310 |
| 1990s | 8,111 | #310 (1990) | #323 |
| 2000s | 7,802 | #324 (2002) | #370 |
| 2010s | 4,093 | #491 (2010) | #634 |
| 2020s | 1,637 | #792 (2020) | #864 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ernesto in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 2,997 of them was named Ernesto, which outranked 95.9% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.