Ernestine — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ernestine

The Social Security Administration has registered 44,032 babies named Ernestine between 1880 and 2021, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ernestine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 1,057 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ernestine performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 9,608 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ernestine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,891 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Ernestine in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ernestine 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 44,032 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.