How rare is the name Ernestina?

9,458 people in the United States have the first name Ernestina, about 1 in 31,934. It ranks #2,555 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ERNESTINA

#2,555

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,458
About
1 in 31,934
This common or more
80.2%
Who bears it

Of the 9,458 people named Ernestina, 90% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 4.9% as Black and 3.3% as White. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ernestina peaked in 1947, when 106 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18962025
Peak year
1947
Births that year
106
In 2025*
8 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,309 babies have been given the name since 1896. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ernestina by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #1,431. The largest share of babies named Ernestina, 26.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1890s#3,01517
1900s#3,37425
1910s#2,670198
1920s#1,652671
1930s#1,431770
1940s#1,635744
1950s#1,920770
1960s#2,318613
1970s#2,753562
1980s#3,817426
1990s#6,528268
2000s#12,576147
2010s#20,17773
2020s#24,79625
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–2713.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4525.4%
Baby boom 1946–6426.9%
Generation X 1965–8017.1%
Millennials 1981–9610.9%
Generation Z 1997–124.3%
2013 and later1.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ernestina is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ernestina has been most common in New Mexico (12×), Texas (8.2×), and Arizona (5×), and least common in California (2.3×).

4,045 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Ernestina

#2,553 Ophelia · 9,489#2,554 Carmella · 9,487#2,556 Ciera · 9,456#2,557 Davion · 9,454

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ernestina, most common first.

#1,807 Ernestine · 16,426#20,104 Ernesta · 517#45,337 Ernestino · 150

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