Ernestine · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ernestine.

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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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 137 recorded years as a table

Ernestine, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	187
1881	228
1882	315
1883	240
1884	225
1885	195
1886	187
1887	363
1888	258
1889	235
1890	357
1891	248
1892	278
1893	301
1894	323
1895	300
1896	235
1897	333
1898	356
1899	318
1900	310
1901	309
1902	428
1903	405
1904	439
1905	422
1906	406
1907	449
1908	526
1909	487
1910	464
1911	569
1912	634
1913	680
1914	621
1915	573
1916	647
1917	686
1918	711
1919	653
1920	720
1921	706
1922	792
1923	744
1924	777
1925	840
1926	876
1927	859
1928	916
1929	819
1930	852
1931	884
1932	821
1933	835
1934	818
1935	852
1936	761
1937	727
1938	717
1939	724
1940	671
1941	632
1942	598
1943	617
1944	628
1945	591
1946	501
1947	473
1948	456
1949	447
1950	421
1951	387
1952	378
1953	334
1954	292
1955	257
1956	265
1957	222
1958	217
1959	204
1960	198
1961	190
1962	203
1963	180
1964	160
1965	147
1966	137
1967	141
1968	113
1969	100
1970	102
1971	85
1972	87
1973	73
1974	59
1975	54
1976	44
1977	47
1978	43
1979	45
1980	40
1981	49
1982	32
1983	34
1984	40
1985	30
1986	26
1987	35
1988	21
1989	17
1990	20
1991	19
1992	14
1993	17
1994	17
1995	9
1996	9
1997	10
1998	10
1999	6
2000	4
2001	4
2002	7
2003	5
2005	4
2006	3
2008	3
2011	5
2012	7
2014	6
2015	3
2016	7
2017	3
2018	3
2019	3
2020	4
2021	4

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ernestine 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 2021: 6
Rank in 2021: #13,464
How rare: 1 in 273,476 girls
Since 1880: 44,032

Ernestine was last recorded in 2021. 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 1928, at 916 per million girls born.

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

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