Ernesta
#16,472 most common girls' name of all time · #27,179 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1915–1981
Rank among girls
#16,472
Rank overall
#27,179 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
34 of 146
All-time
244
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1918 #2,664
Best rank
#2,523 1915
Girls
Boys
peak 13/yr
Ernesta first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,281 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,616 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,427 |
| 1978 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,721 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,890 |
| 1976 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,423 |
| 1975 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,239 |
| 1973 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,196 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,076 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,648 |
| 1970 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,135 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,654 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,475 |
| 1961 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,012 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,886 |
| 1959 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,134 |
| 1957 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,341 |
| 1956 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,590 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,242 |
| 1950 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,945 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,835 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,717 |
| 1940 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,391 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,509 |
| 1933 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,535 |
| 1930 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,258 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,300 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,350 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,805 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,347 |
| 1918 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,664 |
| 1917 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,978 |
| 1916 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,237 |
| 1915 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,523 |