Earnstine — girls' name

What the Data Says About Earnstine

The Social Security Administration has registered 153 babies named Earnstine between 1923 and 1957, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Earnstine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1957. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Earnstine performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Earnstine shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Earnstine in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Earnstine in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 153 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.