Ernesta · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ernesta.

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Its story

Popularity since 1915

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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 34 recorded years as a table

Ernesta, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1915	12
1916	9
1917	6
1918	11
1920	4
1921	5
1922	4
1925	4
1930	8
1933	5
1936	5
1940	7
1941	4
1944	4
1950	4
1953	3
1956	4
1957	2
1959	5
1960	3
1961	4
1962	4
1963	5
1970	6
1971	5
1972	5
1973	5
1975	8
1976	5
1977	3
1978	4
1979	3
1980	3
1981	4

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ernesta 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1981: 6
Rank in 1981: #9,110
How rare: 1 in 278,010 girls
Since 1915: 244

Ernesta was last recorded in 1981. 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 1915, at 12 per million girls born.

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

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