Ernesto — #896 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ernesto

The Social Security Administration has registered 44,417 babies named Ernesto between 1889 and 2024, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ernesto currently holds the #896 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 854 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ernesto performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 8,111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ernesto shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15,230 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Ernesto in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ernesto 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 44,417 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.