Ernesto
#536 most common boys' name of all time · #1,181 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1889–2025
Rank among boys
#536
Rank overall
#1,181 of 105,966
First appeared
1889
Years on the list
125 of 146
All-time
44,816
Since 2016
2,980
Peak year
2003 #335
Best rank
#291 1981
Girls
Boys
peak 854/yr
Ernesto first appears in 1889. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 272 | 272 | #878 |
| 2024 | — | 265 | 265 | #892 |
| 2023 | — | 271 | 271 | #869 |
| 2022 | — | 279 | 279 | #864 |
| 2021 | — | 257 | 257 | #893 |
| 2020 | — | 293 | 293 | #792 |
| 2019 | — | 304 | 304 | #773 |
| 2018 | — | 330 | 330 | #728 |
| 2017 | — | 346 | 346 | #707 |
| 2016 | — | 363 | 363 | #685 |
| 2015 | — | 415 | 415 | #638 |
| 2014 | — | 405 | 405 | #651 |
| 2013 | — | 392 | 392 | #629 |
| 2012 | — | 478 | 478 | #546 |
| 2011 | — | 531 | 531 | #493 |
| 2010 | — | 529 | 529 | #491 |
| 2009 | — | 589 | 589 | #464 |
| 2008 | — | 721 | 721 | #411 |
| 2007 | — | 730 | 730 | #403 |
| 2006 | 5 | 793 | 798 | #378 |
| 2005 | — | 804 | 804 | #368 |
| 2004 | — | 818 | 818 | #348 |
| 2003 | — | 854 | 854 | #335 |
| 2002 | — | 853 | 853 | #324 |
| 2001 | — | 848 | 848 | #328 |
| 2000 | — | 792 | 792 | #346 |
| 1999 | — | 835 | 835 | #328 |
| 1998 | — | 807 | 807 | #335 |
| 1997 | — | 797 | 797 | #330 |
| 1996 | — | 774 | 774 | #334 |
| 1995 | — | 777 | 777 | #329 |
| 1994 | 9 | 817 | 826 | #317 |
| 1993 | — | 814 | 814 | #323 |
| 1992 | 6 | 847 | 853 | #312 |
| 1991 | 5 | 821 | 826 | #314 |
| 1990 | 9 | 822 | 831 | #310 |
| 1989 | 7 | 779 | 786 | #306 |
| 1988 | — | 758 | 758 | #301 |
| 1987 | — | 623 | 623 | #331 |
| 1986 | 7 | 638 | 645 | #319 |
| 1985 | 10 | 630 | 640 | #320 |
| 1984 | 7 | 609 | 616 | #318 |
| 1983 | 5 | 641 | 646 | #307 |
| 1982 | 5 | 640 | 645 | #306 |
| 1981 | — | 692 | 692 | #291 |
| 1980 | — | 645 | 645 | #306 |
| 1979 | — | 556 | 556 | #328 |
| 1978 | — | 563 | 563 | #316 |
| 1977 | 6 | 549 | 555 | #332 |
| 1976 | 5 | 557 | 562 | #317 |
| 1975 | 5 | 503 | 508 | #339 |
| 1974 | 7 | 483 | 490 | #348 |
| 1973 | — | 463 | 463 | #359 |
| 1972 | 7 | 449 | 456 | #372 |
| 1971 | — | 503 | 503 | #359 |
| 1970 | 5 | 453 | 458 | #381 |
| 1969 | — | 392 | 392 | #403 |
| 1968 | — | 406 | 406 | #385 |
| 1967 | — | 345 | 345 | #410 |
| 1966 | — | 354 | 354 | #399 |
| 1965 | — | 357 | 357 | #414 |
| 1964 | 5 | 377 | 382 | #416 |
| 1963 | 6 | 366 | 372 | #420 |
| 1962 | — | 367 | 367 | #418 |
| 1961 | — | 284 | 284 | #476 |
| 1960 | — | 356 | 356 | #424 |
| 1959 | — | 336 | 336 | #438 |
| 1958 | — | 321 | 321 | #437 |
| 1957 | — | 338 | 338 | #424 |
| 1956 | — | 317 | 317 | #424 |
| 1955 | — | 265 | 265 | #458 |
| 1954 | — | 233 | 233 | #475 |
| 1953 | — | 261 | 261 | #443 |
| 1952 | — | 269 | 269 | #423 |
| 1951 | — | 243 | 243 | #434 |
| 1950 | — | 278 | 278 | #405 |
| 1949 | — | 263 | 263 | #421 |
| 1948 | — | 240 | 240 | #432 |
| 1947 | — | 202 | 202 | #475 |
| 1946 | — | 194 | 194 | #456 |
| 1945 | — | 179 | 179 | #446 |
| 1944 | — | 160 | 160 | #478 |
| 1943 | — | 146 | 146 | #517 |
| 1942 | — | 164 | 164 | #480 |
| 1941 | — | 124 | 124 | #530 |
| 1940 | — | 122 | 122 | #529 |
| 1939 | — | 141 | 141 | #483 |
| 1938 | — | 117 | 117 | #540 |
| 1937 | — | 103 | 103 | #568 |
| 1936 | — | 139 | 139 | #477 |
| 1935 | — | 130 | 130 | #504 |
| 1934 | — | 146 | 146 | #467 |
| 1933 | — | 114 | 114 | #535 |
| 1932 | — | 126 | 126 | #513 |
| 1931 | — | 142 | 142 | #476 |
| 1930 | — | 168 | 168 | #457 |
| 1929 | — | 146 | 146 | #487 |
| 1928 | — | 143 | 143 | #507 |
| 1927 | — | 119 | 119 | #566 |
| 1926 | — | 138 | 138 | #517 |
| 1925 | — | 119 | 119 | #571 |
| 1924 | — | 129 | 129 | #555 |
| 1923 | — | 131 | 131 | #533 |
| 1922 | — | 105 | 105 | #632 |
| 1921 | — | 105 | 105 | #621 |
| 1920 | — | 77 | 77 | #750 |
| 1919 | — | 95 | 95 | #623 |
| 1918 | — | 61 | 61 | #849 |
| 1917 | — | 60 | 60 | #831 |
| 1916 | — | 57 | 57 | #831 |
| 1915 | — | 49 | 49 | #890 |
| 1914 | — | 36 | 36 | #923 |
| 1913 | — | 34 | 34 | #829 |
| 1912 | — | 29 | 29 | #832 |
| 1911 | — | 18 | 18 | #786 |
| 1910 | — | 12 | 12 | #972 |
| 1909 | — | 14 | 14 | #796 |
| 1908 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,003 |
| 1907 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,449 |
| 1906 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1905 | — | 8 | 8 | #987 |
| 1904 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,339 |
| 1901 | — | 11 | 11 | #679 |
| 1899 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,164 |
| 1889 | — | 6 | 6 | #963 |