Ernell — girls' name
38 babies named Ernell in U.S. Social Security records since 1937, with the highest year being 1937. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Ernell was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Ernell in 1937 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ernell
The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Ernell between 1937 and 1959, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ernell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1959. The name reached its historical peak in 1937, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ernell performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ernell shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ernell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ernell 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 38 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.
Ernell at a glance
Last recorded 1959Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ernell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–1937
- Peak year (1937)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1959.
38 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1937 with 6 births in a single year.
Ernell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 16 births that decade — 42% of Ernell's all-time total
Ernell decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Ernell's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Ernell by state
Where Ernell concentrates geographically — total births since 1937
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Virginia | | 5 | 13.2% |
5 of 38 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Virginia 13.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Virginia accounts for 13.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1937–1959 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.