Girls' name · since 1916
Ernesteen
Ernesteen has 249 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1935 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,627 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 249
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ernesteen is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 249 have been recorded since 1916.
Ernesteen has 249 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1951.
- #17,627 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 249 born since 1916
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ernesteen ranks #17,627 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 249 born since 1916, peaking in the 1920s.
- #17,627 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 249
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ernesteen's 249 recorded births place it above 75.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Ernesteen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ernesteen splits its recorded history at 1932: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1916 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1935 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ernesteen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1951
- Peak year (1935)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Ernesteen by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (93 births, 37% of the file).
1920s was Ernesteen's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Ernesteen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 21
1910s
21 births
- 1920s
1920s
93 births
- 1930s
1930s
70 births
- 1940s
1940s
58 births
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 93 births (37% of all-time use).
Ernesteen by state
Where Ernesteen concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.0% |
5 of 249 births nationwide.
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- Ernesteen's decade-level peak was the 1920s (93 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Ernesteens (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ernesteen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1935)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–1951 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ernesteen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.