Ernie

Girl · recorded 1889–1967

  • 1967last recorded
  • 1895best year

Most popular in 1895.

Last recorded in 1967. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ernie.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1889

0173418891909192819481967

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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 60 recorded years as a table
Ernie, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188928
189534
189721
189823
190319
190422
190517
190624
190725
190827
190923
191030
191129
191223
191319
191414
191517
191621
191715
191819
191922
192011
19218
192213
192318
192410
192511
192613
192711
192813
192920
193012
193122
193211
193320
193418
193515
193614
19377
193812
193912
19408
19417
19424
19439
19446
19458
19464
19475
19486
19497
19505
19517
19525
19557
19565
19574
19592
19604
19674

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ernie 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 1967
6
Rank in 1967
#6,042
How rare
1 in 275,170 girls
Since 1889
714

Ernie was last recorded in 1967. 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 1895, at 34 per million girls born.

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

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