Ernstine — girls' name
15 babies named Ernstine in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1912. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
67% of everyone ever named Ernstine was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Ernstine in 1912 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ernstine
The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Ernstine between 1912 and 1927, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ernstine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1927. The name reached its historical peak in 1912, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ernstine performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Ernstine shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ernstine 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 15 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.
Ernstine at a glance
Last recorded 1927Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ernstine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1912
- Peak year (1912)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1927.
15 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1912 with 5 births in a single year.
Ernstine by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 10 births that decade — 67% of Ernstine's all-time total
Ernstine decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Ernstine's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
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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, 1912–1927 (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.