Ernie

Where Ernie comes from

From Ernest + -ie.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ernie
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #809 among boys — 6 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1896
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1945
    Ernie Hudson born
    American actor and former U.S. Marine
  4. 1945
    Peak, #304
    381 babies named Ernie — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1968
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #555.
  6. 1969
    Ernie Els born
    South African professional golfer
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Ernest.
Namesakes
  • Ernie Hudson · American actor and former U.S. Marine, born 1945
  • Ernie Els · South African professional golfer, born 1969
  • Ernie Brandts · Dutch association football player and manager, born 1956
  • Ernie Fletcher · American politician, born 1952
  • Ernie Kovacs · American comedian, actor, and writer, 1919–1962

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.