Ernst
Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,383since 1880
Ernst over time
Rank among boys' names. Ernst has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #3,339 | 14 |
| 1986 | #2,779 | 18 |
| 1985 | #2,357 | 22 |
| 1984 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #2,341 | 21 |
| 1981 | #2,569 | 18 |
| 1980 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #2,568 | 17 |
| 1977 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #2,799 | 13 |
| 1973 | #2,124 | 19 |
| 1972 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #2,052 | 20 |
| 1970 | #1,889 | 22 |
| 1969 | #2,415 | 13 |
| 1968 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #1,711 | 21 |
| 1966 | #1,757 | 19 |
| 1965 | #1,720 | 21 |
| 1964 | #1,655 | 23 |
| 1963 | #1,957 | 17 |
| 1962 | #1,669 | 23 |
| 1961 | #1,778 | 21 |
| 1960 | #2,315 | 13 |
| 1959 | #1,620 | 24 |
| 1958 | #1,724 | 21 |
| 1957 | #1,837 | 19 |
| 1956 | #1,722 | 21 |
| 1955 | #1,725 | 20 |
| 1954 | #1,706 | 20 |
| 1953 | #1,551 | 24 |
| 1952 | #1,517 | 25 |
| 1951 | #2,055 | 14 |
| 1950 | #1,657 | 20 |
| 1949 | #1,820 | 17 |
| 1948 | #1,487 | 24 |
| 1947 | #1,733 | 19 |
| 1946 | #1,759 | 17 |
| 1945 | #1,772 | 15 |
| 1944 | #1,483 | 21 |
| 1943 | #1,699 | 18 |
| 1942 | #1,421 | 24 |
| 1941 | #1,446 | 22 |
| 1940 | #1,334 | 25 |
| 1939 | #1,390 | 23 |
| 1938 | #1,275 | 27 |
| 1937 | #1,313 | 26 |
| 1936 | #1,384 | 23 |
| 1935 | #1,194 | 31 |
| 1934 | #1,266 | 28 |
| 1933 | #1,159 | 32 |
| 1932 | #1,426 | 24 |
| 1931 | #1,282 | 29 |
| 1930 | #1,132 | 38 |
| 1929 | #1,413 | 26 |
| 1928 | #1,254 | 33 |
| 1927 | #1,322 | 31 |
| 1926 | #1,064 | 43 |
| 1925 | #1,053 | 43 |
| 1924 | #1,204 | 36 |
| 1923 | #1,816 | 19 |
| 1922 | #1,259 | 33 |
| 1921 | #1,069 | 43 |
| 1920 | #1,073 | 43 |
| 1919 | #938 | 51 |
| 1918 | #902 | 54 |
| 1917 | #833 | 59 |
| 1916 | #840 | 55 |
| 1915 | #893 | 48 |
| 1914 | #898 | 37 |
| 1913 | #914 | 29 |
| 1912 | #1,000 | 21 |
| 1911 | #1,117 | 10 |
| 1910 | #1,314 | 7 |
| 1909 | #951 | 10 |
| 1908 | #825 | 11 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #640 | 14 |
| 1905 | #919 | 8 |
| 1904 | #810 | 9 |
| 1903 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #902 | 9 |
| 1899 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | #573 | 14 |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #778 | 9 |
| 1895 | #579 | 13 |
| 1894 | #521 | 15 |
| 1893 | #572 | 12 |
| 1892 | #861 | 7 |
| 1891 | #766 | 7 |
| 1890 | #667 | 9 |
| 1889 | #628 | 10 |
| 1888 | #580 | 12 |
| 1887 | #583 | 10 |
| 1886 | #694 | 8 |
| 1885 | #411 | 19 |
| 1884 | #504 | 14 |
| 1883 | #448 | 16 |
| 1882 | #754 | 7 |
| 1881 | #503 | 12 |
| 1880 | #640 | 9 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ernst was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1902, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Ernst is popular in 1914
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#479 · 1 in 10,587
Best ever in a state: #160 in Wisconsin, 1915.
Show every state
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| New York | #479 | 6 | 1 in 10,587 |
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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 Ernst
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 484 spots in 1898 (#1,057 → #573)
- Biggest drop: 363 spots in 1910 (#951 → #1,314)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #411 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1880–1896
- Highest: 1 in 5,674 boys born in 1885 were named Ernst (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 349,896 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
- 15.6% of all boys named Ernst (371) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 117 | #411 (1885) | #575 |
| 1890s | 97 | #521 (1894) | #730 |
| 1900s | 72 | #640 (1906) | #889 |
| 1910s | 371 | #833 (1917) | #965 |
| 1920s | 350 | #1,053 (1925) | #1,253 |
| 1930s | 281 | #1,132 (1930) | #1,282 |
| 1940s | 202 | #1,334 (1940) | #1,595 |
| 1950s | 208 | #1,517 (1952) | #1,711 |
| 1960s | 182 | #1,655 (1964) | #1,955 |
| 1970s | 149 | #1,889 (1970) | #2,814 |
| 1980s | 162 | #2,341 (1982) | #3,024 |
| 1990s | 98 | #4,167 (1990) | #5,681 |
| 2000s | 59 | #6,839 (2000) | #9,047 |
| 2010s | 30 | #9,655 (2013) | #10,801 |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,146 (2021) | #12,146 |
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.
Ernst in 1914
Top boys' names in 1914
More about 1914
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654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 17,696 of them was named Ernst, which outranked 76.1% of the 3,759 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).