Earnestine

Girl · recorded 1889–2001

  • 2001last recorded
  • 1940best year

Most popular in 1940.

Last recorded in 2001. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1889

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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 102 recorded years as a table
Earnestine, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188934
189539
189621
189730
189823
189939
190037
190133
190249
190346
190447
190565
190630
190747
190851
190981
1910111
191179
191281
191383
191472
1915104
191685
1917103
1918115
1919150
1920142
1921155
1922192
1923204
1924195
1925247
1926278
1927257
1928290
1929306
1930299
1931297
1932281
1933333
1934346
1935324
1936332
1937354
1938323
1939347
1940379
1941334
1942308
1943320
1944364
1945313
1946267
1947263
1948280
1949249
1950235
1951207
1952219
1953174
1954161
1955162
1956128
1957129
1958108
195994
1960105
196177
196261
196359
196448
196550
196643
196745
196826
196927
197023
197125
197221
197316
197418
197516
197618
197712
197812
19799
198011
198113
19829
19838
19848
19858
19865
19876
19886
19897
19913
19924
19943
19955
19965
20013

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Earnestine 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 2001
6
Rank in 2001
#13,521
How rare
1 in 300,104 girls
Since 1889
16,073

Earnestine was last recorded in 2001. 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 1940, at 379 per million girls born.

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

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