Ernest

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #1,038in 2025
  • 1 in 8,019boys in 2025
  • +11%last ten years
  • 2.8×in Minnesota

Most popular in 1895.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

03,5527,10418801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Ernest, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18805,566
18815,668
18825,647
18836,127
18846,029
18856,661
18866,030
18876,439
18886,338
18896,656
18906,971
18917,066
18926,596
18937,087
18947,092
18957,104
18966,390
18976,962
18986,839
18997,005
19006,725
19016,490
19026,441
19036,408
19045,846
19056,387
19067,082
19076,661
19086,479
19095,396
19106,009
19115,921
19125,975
19135,736
19145,547
19155,641
19165,419
19175,462
19185,453
19195,403
19205,229
19215,172
19225,057
19234,901
19245,017
19254,923
19264,895
19274,621
19284,461
19294,419
19304,362
19314,134
19323,990
19333,705
19343,727
19353,555
19363,582
19373,524
19383,343
19393,332
19403,190
19413,033
19422,953
19432,923
19442,966
19452,976
19462,706
19472,616
19482,571
19492,450
19502,406
19512,327
19522,121
19532,076
19542,061
19551,930
19561,868
19571,755
19581,657
19591,565
19601,496
19611,457
19621,377
19631,430
19641,413
19651,386
19661,405
19671,348
19681,292
19691,318
19701,240
19711,188
19721,090
19731,078
19741,044
1975970
1976945
1977904
1978841
1979813
1980768
1981728
1982683
1983664
1984636
1985580
1986547
1987507
1988523
1989477
1990448
1991422
1992361
1993328
1994306
1995258
1996273
1997255
1998235
1999202
2000224
2001184
2002182
2003184
2004185
2005168
2006145
2007139
2008136
2009127
2010114
2011133
2012118
2013115
2014129
2015113
2016111
2017118
2018118
2019108
2020121
2021107
2022107
2023125
2024117
2025125

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Minnesota 2.8×
  2. Indiana 2.4×
  3. Pennsylvania 1.3×
  4. Ohio 1.3×
  5. New York 1.1×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
213
Rank in 2025
#1,038
How rare
1 in 8,019 boys
Since 1880
302,499

Most popular in 1895, at 7,104 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 11% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Minnesota2.8×25
Indiana2.4×28
Pennsylvania1.3×25
Ohio1.3×25
New York1.1×36

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.