Ernesta is a very rare variant of Ernest that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Ernesta is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1981. Ernesta was first reported in SSA data in 1915 and peaked in 1918 (13 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 6 | — | #9,444 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | #10,861 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | #10,667 |
| 1978 | 6 | — | #8,868 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | #10,082 |
| 1976 | 7 | — | #7,533 |
| 1975 | 11 | — | #5,250 |
| 1973 | 8 | — | #6,245 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | #6,116 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | #5,664 |
| 1970 | 10 | — | #5,159 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | #4,642 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | #5,459 |
| 1961 | 8 | — | #5,012 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | #5,910 |
| 1959 | 10 | — | #4,110 |
| 1957 | 5 | — | #6,355 |
| 1956 | 8 | — | #4,567 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | #5,230 |
| 1950 | 6 | — | #4,909 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | #4,780 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | #4,617 |
| 1940 | 8 | — | #3,301 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | #4,410 |
| 1933 | 5 | — | #4,420 |
| 1930 | 9 | — | #3,140 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | #5,225 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | #5,246 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | #4,651 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | #5,223 |
| 1918 | 13 | — | #2,571 |
| 1917 | 7 | — | #3,833 |
| 1916 | 9 | — | #3,105 |
| 1915 | 12 | — | #2,435 |