first name
ERNESTO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 68,243 people named Ernesto, 90.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 6.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 2.5% as White. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ernesto peaked in 2003, when 854 babies got the name.
At least 44,816 babies have been given the name since 1889. 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.
Ernesto by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #668. The largest share of babies named Ernesto, 26.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Ernesto is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ernesto has been most common in New Mexico (5.6×), Arizona (4.6×), and Texas (4.1×), and least common in Ohio (0.03×).
41,309 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 Ernesto
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ernesto, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ernesto ranks #69,752 of 156,621, with 303 people. See Ernesto as a last name
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