Ernestina
Ernestina is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 679th, in 1933.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1947106 births
- Best rank
- #679in 1933
- Since 1896
- 5,301people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,301 girls have been named Ernestina in the United States since 1896, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1947, with 106 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 106 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1952, and the 1930s alone account for 15%. It has spent 25 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Ernestina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 17 | |
| 1900s | 25 | |
| 1910s | 198 | |
| 1920s | 671 | |
| 1930s | 770 | |
| 1940s | 744 | |
| 1950s | 770 | |
| 1960s | 613 | |
| 1970s | 562 | |
| 1980s | 426 | |
| 1990s | 268 | |
| 2000s | 147 | |
| 2010s | 73 | |
| 2020s | 17 |
In 1947, its biggest year
Ernestina was the 853rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1947 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Barbara and Sandra. See all of 1947.
Names that rose and fell with Ernestina
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ninfapeak 1928
- Veliapeak 1929
- Joyepeak 1932
- Hortenciapeak 1925
- Socorropeak 1929
- Genellpeak 1932
- Beliapeak 1931
- Conchitapeak 1962
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.