Ernesto
Ernesto is ranked 896th among boys in 2024 (262 births). Its best rank was 291st, in 1981.
- Rank in 2024
- #896down 28 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2620.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 2003854 births
- Best rank
- #291in 1981
- Since 1889
- 44,417people given the name
The story in the numbers
44,417 boys have been named Ernesto in the United States since 1889, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2003, with 854 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 650 → 896).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1988, and the 1990s alone account for 18%. It has spent 120 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Ernesto | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | |
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 59 | |
| 1910s | 451 | |
| 1920s | 1,212 | |
| 1930s | 1,326 | |
| 1940s | 1,794 | |
| 1950s | 2,860 | |
| 1960s | 3,604 | |
| 1970s | 5,079 | |
| 1980s | 6,655 | |
| 1990s | 8,111 | |
| 2000s | 7,801 | |
| 2010s | 4,092 | |
| 2020s | 1,362 |
In 2003, its biggest year
Ernesto was the 335th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2003 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Andrew. See all of 2003.
Names that rose and fell with Ernesto
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Armandopeak 1997
- Arturopeak 2005
- Albertopeak 1991
- Robertopeak 1991
- Alfredopeak 1993
- Horaciopeak 2001
- Ramiropeak 2001
- Claudiopeak 1996
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.