Earnestine is an established girls' name that was most common in the 1940s and has all but disappeared.
Earnestine is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2001. Earnestine was first reported in SSA data in 1889 and peaked in 1944 (483 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6 | 6 | #14,042 | — |
| 1996 | 8 | — | #9,842 | — |
| 1995 | 8 | — | #9,847 | — |
| 1994 | 6 | — | #12,231 | — |
| 1992 | 7 | — | #10,819 | — |
| 1991 | 6 | — | #11,930 | — |
| 1989 | 13 | — | #6,265 | — |
| 1988 | 10 | — | #7,280 | — |
| 1987 | 11 | — | #6,446 | — |
| 1986 | 9 | — | #7,276 | — |
| 1985 | 14 | — | #5,137 | — |
| 1984 | 14 | — | #5,017 | — |
| 1983 | 14 | — | #4,944 | — |
| 1982 | 15 | — | #4,773 | — |
| 1981 | 21 | — | #3,767 | — |
| 1980 | 19 | — | #4,035 | — |
| 1979 | 15 | — | #4,680 | — |
| 1978 | 19 | — | #3,816 | — |
| 1977 | 18 | — | #3,944 | — |
| 1976 | 26 | — | #2,887 | — |
| 1975 | 23 | — | #3,077 | — |
| 1974 | 26 | — | #2,780 | — |
| 1973 | 23 | — | #2,932 | — |
| 1972 | 32 | — | #2,326 | — |
| 1971 | 42 | — | #2,011 | — |
| 1970 | 41 | — | #2,025 | — |
| 1969 | 45 | — | #1,845 | — |
| 1968 | 42 | — | #1,840 | — |
| 1967 | 75 | — | #1,230 | — |
| 1966 | 73 | — | #1,263 | — |
| 1965 | 89 | — | #1,124 | — |
| 1964 | 91 | — | #1,157 | — |
| 1963 | 114 | — | #998 | — |
| 1962 | 120 | — | #975 | — |
| 1961 | 155 | — | #849 | — |
| 1960 | 213 | — | #698 | — |
| 1959 | 191 | — | #733 | — |
| 1958 | 217 | — | #670 | — |
| 1957 | 264 | — | #601 | — |
| 1956 | 257 | — | #589 | — |
| 1955 | 316 | — | #519 | — |
| 1954 | 312 | — | #501 | — |
| 1953 | 328 | — | #473 | — |
| 1952 | 406 | — | #426 | — |
| 1951 | 372 | — | #432 | — |
| 1950 | 403 | — | #398 | — |
| 1949 | 426 | — | #380 | — |
| 1948 | 475 | — | #356 | — |
| 1947 | 467 | — | #372 | — |
| 1946 | 420 | — | #368 | — |
| 1945 | 409 | — | #336 | — |
| 1944 | 489 | — | #305 | #3,211 |
| 1943 | 447 | — | #334 | — |
| 1942 | 421 | — | #341 | #3,710 |
| 1941 | 409 | — | #327 | #3,643 |
| 1940 | 441 | — | #301 | #2,718 |
| 1939 | 380 | — | #317 | — |
| 1938 | 361 | — | #337 | #3,667 |
| 1937 | 387 | — | #318 | #2,362 |
| 1936 | 345 | — | #336 | — |
| 1935 | 340 | — | #346 | — |
| 1934 | 367 | — | #328 | #3,393 |
| 1933 | 336 | — | #339 | — |
| 1932 | 300 | — | #371 | — |
| 1931 | 316 | — | #363 | — |
| 1930 | 337 | — | #367 | — |
| 1929 | 347 | — | #354 | #4,128 |
| 1928 | 335 | — | #372 | — |
| 1927 | 307 | — | #391 | — |
| 1926 | 334 | — | #374 | #4,386 |
| 1925 | 301 | — | #395 | — |
| 1924 | 244 | — | #446 | — |
| 1923 | 246 | — | #430 | — |
| 1922 | 237 | — | #450 | #3,968 |
| 1921 | 191 | — | #510 | — |
| 1920 | 170 | — | #545 | — |
| 1919 | 169 | — | #524 | — |
| 1918 | 133 | — | #612 | — |
| 1917 | 111 | — | #646 | — |
| 1916 | 89 | — | #722 | — |
| 1915 | 102 | — | #655 | — |
| 1914 | 55 | — | #778 | — |
| 1913 | 52 | — | #723 | — |
| 1912 | 45 | — | #749 | — |
| 1911 | 33 | — | #756 | — |
| 1910 | 44 | — | #642 | — |
| 1909 | 28 | — | #765 | — |
| 1908 | 17 | — | #978 | — |
| 1907 | 15 | — | #999 | — |
| 1906 | 9 | — | #1,356 | — |
| 1905 | 19 | — | #852 | — |
| 1904 | 13 | — | #1,018 | — |
| 1903 | 12 | — | #1,044 | — |
| 1902 | 13 | — | #983 | — |
| 1901 | 8 | — | #1,251 | — |
| 1900 | 11 | — | #1,187 | — |
| 1899 | 9 | — | #1,122 | — |
| 1898 | 6 | — | #1,556 | — |
| 1897 | 7 | — | #1,293 | — |
| 1896 | 5 | — | #1,647 | — |
| 1895 | 9 | — | #1,147 | — |
| 1889 | 6 | — | #1,175 | — |