Earnest · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1898

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 61 recorded years as a table

Earnest, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1898	19
1913	11
1914	9
1916	9
1917	6
1918	8
1919	12
1920	8
1921	11
1922	17
1923	16
1924	11
1925	12
1926	8
1927	13
1928	12
1929	13
1930	10
1931	11
1932	12
1933	8
1934	12
1935	15
1936	13
1937	9
1938	15
1939	16
1940	10
1941	16
1942	8
1943	13
1944	7
1945	15
1946	7
1947	7
1948	6
1949	11
1950	11
1951	7
1952	7
1953	9
1954	9
1955	5
1956	6
1957	6
1958	6
1959	7
1960	8
1961	5
1963	3
1964	4
1965	7
1966	6
1967	6
1969	3
1970	5
1971	5
1972	3
1975	4
1979	3
1980	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Earnest isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1980: 5
Rank in 1980: #10,392
How rare: 1 in 332,061 girls
Since 1898: 726

Earnest was last recorded in 1980. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1898, at 19 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Earnest doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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