Ernest
#122 most common boys' name of all time · #255 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#122
Rank overall
#255 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
304,354
Since 2016
2,046
Peak year
1921 #38
Best rank
#21 1885
Girls
Boys
peak 5,723/yr
Ernest is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 213 | 213 | #1,038 |
| 2024 | — | 202 | 202 | #1,076 |
| 2023 | — | 213 | 213 | #1,024 |
| 2022 | — | 186 | 186 | #1,131 |
| 2021 | — | 187 | 187 | #1,108 |
| 2020 | — | 208 | 208 | #1,009 |
| 2019 | — | 193 | 193 | #1,057 |
| 2018 | — | 215 | 215 | #964 |
| 2017 | — | 219 | 219 | #951 |
| 2016 | — | 210 | 210 | #977 |
| 2015 | — | 216 | 216 | #955 |
| 2014 | — | 247 | 247 | #877 |
| 2013 | — | 217 | 217 | #934 |
| 2012 | — | 223 | 223 | #922 |
| 2011 | — | 253 | 253 | #846 |
| 2010 | — | 218 | 218 | #925 |
| 2009 | — | 251 | 251 | #850 |
| 2008 | — | 277 | 277 | #791 |
| 2007 | — | 289 | 289 | #759 |
| 2006 | — | 298 | 298 | #724 |
| 2005 | — | 336 | 336 | #648 |
| 2004 | — | 368 | 368 | #595 |
| 2003 | — | 363 | 363 | #594 |
| 2002 | — | 353 | 353 | #591 |
| 2001 | — | 357 | 357 | #576 |
| 2000 | — | 440 | 440 | #514 |
| 1999 | — | 387 | 387 | #536 |
| 1998 | — | 450 | 450 | #485 |
| 1997 | — | 480 | 480 | #460 |
| 1996 | — | 517 | 517 | #435 |
| 1995 | — | 491 | 491 | #460 |
| 1994 | — | 591 | 591 | #392 |
| 1993 | — | 644 | 644 | #367 |
| 1992 | — | 721 | 721 | #337 |
| 1991 | 10 | 853 | 863 | #299 |
| 1990 | — | 920 | 920 | #283 |
| 1989 | 10 | 955 | 965 | #265 |
| 1988 | 9 | 1,002 | 1,011 | #239 |
| 1987 | 7 | 947 | 954 | #245 |
| 1986 | 10 | 1,007 | 1,017 | #233 |
| 1985 | 9 | 1,072 | 1,081 | #220 |
| 1984 | 11 | 1,148 | 1,159 | #203 |
| 1983 | 11 | 1,191 | 1,202 | #199 |
| 1982 | 14 | 1,240 | 1,254 | #200 |
| 1981 | 9 | 1,304 | 1,313 | #193 |
| 1980 | 17 | 1,370 | 1,387 | #180 |
| 1979 | 18 | 1,399 | 1,417 | #171 |
| 1978 | 7 | 1,381 | 1,388 | #171 |
| 1977 | 16 | 1,485 | 1,501 | #161 |
| 1976 | 16 | 1,482 | 1,498 | #160 |
| 1975 | 14 | 1,515 | 1,529 | #161 |
| 1974 | 15 | 1,642 | 1,657 | #150 |
| 1973 | 11 | 1,680 | 1,691 | #149 |
| 1972 | 16 | 1,767 | 1,783 | #147 |
| 1971 | 21 | 2,101 | 2,122 | #143 |
| 1970 | 19 | 2,304 | 2,323 | #143 |
| 1969 | 21 | 2,357 | 2,378 | #130 |
| 1968 | 12 | 2,246 | 2,258 | #130 |
| 1967 | 21 | 2,351 | 2,372 | #128 |
| 1966 | 8 | 2,505 | 2,513 | #122 |
| 1965 | 22 | 2,578 | 2,600 | #124 |
| 1964 | 24 | 2,816 | 2,840 | #124 |
| 1963 | 20 | 2,904 | 2,924 | #122 |
| 1962 | 24 | 2,849 | 2,873 | #127 |
| 1961 | 27 | 3,096 | 3,123 | #123 |
| 1960 | 24 | 3,190 | 3,214 | #120 |
| 1959 | 24 | 3,341 | 3,365 | #118 |
| 1958 | 23 | 3,516 | 3,539 | #113 |
| 1957 | 18 | 3,786 | 3,804 | #101 |
| 1956 | 27 | 3,952 | 3,979 | #94 |
| 1955 | 14 | 3,975 | 3,989 | #90 |
| 1954 | 17 | 4,202 | 4,219 | #87 |
| 1953 | 14 | 4,095 | 4,109 | #87 |
| 1952 | 23 | 4,123 | 4,146 | #87 |
| 1951 | 16 | 4,382 | 4,398 | #83 |
| 1950 | 19 | 4,308 | 4,327 | #81 |
| 1949 | 31 | 4,346 | 4,377 | #76 |
| 1948 | 20 | 4,512 | 4,532 | #76 |
| 1947 | 15 | 4,787 | 4,802 | #75 |
| 1946 | 13 | 4,395 | 4,408 | #71 |
| 1945 | 22 | 4,005 | 4,027 | #60 |
| 1944 | 30 | 4,042 | 4,072 | #59 |
| 1943 | 25 | 4,172 | 4,197 | #61 |
| 1942 | 25 | 4,079 | 4,104 | #61 |
| 1941 | 21 | 3,726 | 3,747 | #61 |
| 1940 | 21 | 3,698 | 3,719 | #58 |
| 1939 | 18 | 3,688 | 3,706 | #55 |
| 1938 | 34 | 3,708 | 3,742 | #55 |
| 1937 | 15 | 3,759 | 3,774 | #53 |
| 1936 | 30 | 3,715 | 3,745 | #55 |
| 1935 | 21 | 3,702 | 3,723 | #55 |
| 1934 | 27 | 3,849 | 3,876 | #51 |
| 1933 | 33 | 3,674 | 3,707 | #50 |
| 1932 | 35 | 4,166 | 4,201 | #47 |
| 1931 | 33 | 4,298 | 4,331 | #47 |
| 1930 | 35 | 4,787 | 4,822 | #43 |
| 1929 | 39 | 4,753 | 4,792 | #43 |
| 1928 | 46 | 4,941 | 4,987 | #43 |
| 1927 | 51 | 5,208 | 5,259 | #41 |
| 1926 | 37 | 5,436 | 5,473 | #37 |
| 1925 | 45 | 5,494 | 5,539 | #37 |
| 1924 | 39 | 5,683 | 5,722 | #37 |
| 1923 | 28 | 5,372 | 5,400 | #38 |
| 1922 | 34 | 5,503 | 5,537 | #37 |
| 1921 | 26 | 5,697 | 5,723 | #38 |
| 1920 | 35 | 5,566 | 5,601 | #37 |
| 1919 | 25 | 5,296 | 5,321 | #36 |
| 1918 | 32 | 5,527 | 5,559 | #37 |
| 1917 | 15 | 5,055 | 5,070 | #37 |
| 1916 | 27 | 4,823 | 4,850 | #36 |
| 1915 | 23 | 4,787 | 4,810 | #35 |
| 1914 | 18 | 3,632 | 3,650 | #38 |
| 1913 | 11 | 2,940 | 2,951 | #34 |
| 1912 | 9 | 2,569 | 2,578 | #32 |
| 1911 | 11 | 1,338 | 1,349 | #32 |
| 1910 | 5 | 1,167 | 1,172 | #31 |
| 1909 | 7 | 885 | 892 | #34 |
| 1908 | 5 | 1,000 | 1,005 | #31 |
| 1907 | 9 | 978 | 987 | #30 |
| 1906 | — | 943 | 943 | #28 |
| 1905 | 8 | 845 | 853 | #31 |
| 1904 | 9 | 749 | 758 | #32 |
| 1903 | — | 764 | 764 | #30 |
| 1902 | 6 | 790 | 796 | #29 |
| 1901 | 9 | 691 | 700 | #28 |
| 1900 | 5 | 1,012 | 1,017 | #30 |
| 1899 | 5 | 744 | 749 | #28 |
| 1898 | 7 | 839 | 846 | #28 |
| 1897 | — | 785 | 785 | #27 |
| 1896 | — | 764 | 764 | #29 |
| 1895 | 11 | 834 | 845 | #24 |
| 1894 | — | 821 | 821 | #24 |
| 1893 | 5 | 796 | 801 | #23 |
| 1892 | 14 | 805 | 819 | #26 |
| 1891 | — | 715 | 715 | #22 |
| 1890 | — | 774 | 774 | #22 |
| 1889 | 9 | 736 | 745 | #23 |
| 1888 | 6 | 766 | 772 | #27 |
| 1887 | 7 | 653 | 660 | #23 |
| 1886 | 5 | 668 | 673 | #25 |
| 1885 | — | 718 | 718 | #21 |
| 1884 | — | 690 | 690 | #25 |
| 1883 | — | 641 | 641 | #23 |
| 1882 | — | 642 | 642 | #27 |
| 1881 | — | 571 | 571 | #25 |
| 1880 | — | 615 | 615 | #26 |