Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ernestine

#651 most common girls' name of all time · #1,191 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2021

Rank among girls
#651
Rank overall
#1,191 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
137 of 146
All-time
44,191
Since 2016
39
Peak year
1928 #193
Best rank
#193 1926
Girls Boys peak 1,067/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Ernestine 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2021 6 — 6 #13,466
2020 6 — 6 #13,454
2019 5 — 5 #15,547
2018 5 — 5 #15,688
2017 5 — 5 #15,908
2016 12 — 12 #8,880
2015 5 — 5 #16,425
2014 10 — 10 #10,132
2012 12 — 12 #9,114
2011 8 — 8 #12,158
2008 6 — 6 #15,411
2006 5 — 5 #17,175
2005 7 — 7 #13,014
2003 10 — 10 #9,679
2002 12 — 12 #8,285
2001 7 — 7 #12,065
2000 7 — 7 #11,809
1999 11 — 11 #8,227
1998 18 — 18 #5,592
1997 18 — 18 #5,419
1996 15 — 15 #6,071
1995 16 — 16 #5,678
1994 30 — 30 #3,618
1993 30 — 30 #3,587
1992 25 — 25 #4,091
1991 36 — 36 #3,098
1990 38 — 38 #2,962
1989 32 — 32 #3,255
1988 37 — 37 #2,805
1987 60 — 60 #1,901
1986 45 — 45 #2,267
1985 51 — 51 #2,082
1984 68 — 68 #1,618
1983 56 — 56 #1,859
1982 55 — 55 #1,922
1981 81 — 81 #1,493
1980 67 — 67 #1,693
1979 73 — 73 #1,571
1978 66 — 66 #1,614
1977 72 — 72 #1,514
1976 64 — 64 #1,569
1975 79 — 79 #1,351
1974 87 — 87 #1,253
1973 106 — 106 #1,085
1972 133 — 133 #923
1971 141 — 141 #920
1970 178 — 178 #787
1969 169 — 169 #792
1968 185 — 185 #717
1967 232 — 232 #624
1966 232 — 232 #626
1965 259 — 259 #598
1964 304 — 304 #564
1963 347 — 347 #523
1962 400 — 400 #483
1961 384 — 384 #495
1960 401 — 401 #488
1959 413 — 413 #478
1958 437 — 437 #457
1957 453 6 459 #441
1956 533 — 533 #388
1955 503 — 503 #393
1954 567 5 572 #366
1953 628 — 628 #332
1952 701 5 706 #301
1951 697 — 697 #297
1950 721 — 721 #291
1949 765 — 765 #278
1948 775 — 775 #277
1947 838 — 838 #265
1946 787 — 787 #254
1945 772 — 772 #239
1944 834 5 839 #226
1943 861 — 861 #229
1942 808 — 808 #237
1941 763 — 763 #228
1940 767 7 774 #219
1939 794 — 794 #211
1938 791 6 797 #214
1937 774 7 781 #217
1936 792 12 804 #209
1935 893 12 905 #196
1934 854 7 861 #207
1933 842 5 847 #207
1932 876 8 884 #206
1931 941 12 953 #193
1930 959 9 968 #199
1929 914 8 922 #204
1928 1,057 10 1,067 #193
1927 1,024 6 1,030 #197
1926 1,038 7 1,045 #193
1925 1,022 5 1,027 #200
1924 970 6 976 #205
1923 898 6 904 #214
1922 951 5 956 #205
1921 871 — 871 #217
1920 863 — 863 #221
1919 738 — 738 #232
1918 823 — 823 #218
1917 742 — 742 #226
1916 676 — 676 #234
1915 564 — 564 #249
1914 473 — 473 #243
1913 425 — 425 #234
1912 354 — 354 #240
1911 238 — 238 #251
1910 184 — 184 #286
1909 169 — 169 #277
1908 176 — 176 #269
1907 143 — 143 #292
1906 120 — 120 #307
1905 123 — 123 #303
1904 121 — 121 #292
1903 106 — 106 #305
1902 113 — 113 #297
1901 74 — 74 #354
1900 93 — 93 #347
1899 74 — 74 #346
1898 92 — 92 #327
1897 78 — 78 #334
1896 56 — 56 #379
1895 70 — 70 #343
1894 72 — 72 #330
1893 64 — 64 #336
1892 59 — 59 #345
1891 46 — 46 #368
1890 68 — 68 #306
1889 42 — 42 #374
1888 46 — 46 #353
1887 53 — 53 #294
1886 27 — 27 #420
1885 26 — 26 #410
1884 29 — 29 #373
1883 27 — 27 #348
1882 34 — 34 #304
1881 21 — 21 #370
1880 17 — 17 #409