Ernestine is an established girls' name that peaked in 1928 and has since faded.
Ernestine is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2021. Ernestine was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1928 (1,057 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | #14,018 | — |
| 2020 | 6 | 6 | #13,969 | — |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 | #16,297 | — |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 | #16,433 | — |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 | #16,626 | — |
| 2016 | 12 | 12 | #9,060 | — |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 | #17,276 | — |
| 2014 | 10 | 10 | #10,396 | — |
| 2012 | 12 | 12 | #9,276 | — |
| 2011 | 8 | 8 | #12,526 | — |
| 2008 | 6 | 6 | #16,022 | — |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | #18,010 | — |
| 2005 | 7 | 7 | #13,451 | — |
| 2003 | 10 | 10 | #9,899 | — |
| 2002 | 12 | 12 | #8,449 | — |
| 2001 | 7 | 7 | #12,466 | — |
| 2000 | 7 | 7 | #12,201 | — |
| 1999 | 11 | 11 | #8,406 | — |
| 1998 | 18 | 18 | #5,648 | — |
| 1997 | 18 | — | #5,475 | — |
| 1996 | 15 | — | #6,157 | — |
| 1995 | 16 | — | #5,764 | — |
| 1994 | 30 | — | #3,641 | — |
| 1993 | 30 | — | #3,618 | — |
| 1992 | 25 | — | #4,124 | — |
| 1991 | 36 | — | #3,110 | — |
| 1990 | 38 | — | #2,972 | — |
| 1989 | 32 | — | #3,274 | — |
| 1988 | 37 | — | #2,817 | — |
| 1987 | 60 | — | #1,904 | — |
| 1986 | 45 | — | #2,276 | — |
| 1985 | 51 | — | #2,085 | — |
| 1984 | 68 | — | #1,619 | — |
| 1983 | 56 | — | #1,863 | — |
| 1982 | 55 | — | #1,926 | — |
| 1981 | 81 | — | #1,494 | — |
| 1980 | 67 | — | #1,693 | — |
| 1979 | 73 | — | #1,573 | — |
| 1978 | 66 | — | #1,615 | — |
| 1977 | 72 | — | #1,519 | — |
| 1976 | 64 | — | #1,575 | — |
| 1975 | 79 | — | #1,354 | — |
| 1974 | 87 | — | #1,253 | — |
| 1973 | 106 | — | #1,085 | — |
| 1972 | 133 | — | #923 | — |
| 1971 | 141 | — | #924 | — |
| 1970 | 178 | — | #787 | — |
| 1969 | 169 | — | #791 | — |
| 1968 | 185 | — | #718 | — |
| 1967 | 232 | — | #625 | — |
| 1966 | 232 | — | #627 | — |
| 1965 | 259 | — | #599 | — |
| 1964 | 304 | — | #564 | — |
| 1963 | 347 | — | #523 | — |
| 1962 | 400 | — | #483 | — |
| 1961 | 384 | — | #495 | — |
| 1960 | 401 | — | #488 | — |
| 1959 | 413 | — | #478 | — |
| 1958 | 437 | — | #457 | — |
| 1957 | 459 | — | #441 | #3,690 |
| 1956 | 533 | — | #388 | — |
| 1955 | 503 | — | #393 | — |
| 1954 | 572 | — | #366 | #3,995 |
| 1953 | 628 | — | #332 | — |
| 1952 | 706 | — | #301 | #3,897 |
| 1951 | 697 | — | #297 | — |
| 1950 | 721 | — | #291 | — |
| 1949 | 765 | — | #278 | — |
| 1948 | 775 | — | #277 | — |
| 1947 | 838 | — | #265 | — |
| 1946 | 787 | — | #254 | — |
| 1945 | 772 | — | #239 | — |
| 1944 | 839 | — | #226 | #3,584 |
| 1943 | 861 | — | #229 | — |
| 1942 | 808 | — | #237 | — |
| 1941 | 763 | — | #228 | — |
| 1940 | 774 | — | #219 | #2,949 |
| 1939 | 794 | — | #211 | — |
| 1938 | 797 | — | #214 | #3,285 |
| 1937 | 781 | — | #217 | #3,002 |
| 1936 | 804 | — | #208 | #2,097 |
| 1935 | 905 | — | #195 | #2,165 |
| 1934 | 861 | — | #207 | #3,078 |
| 1933 | 847 | — | #207 | #3,817 |
| 1932 | 884 | — | #206 | #2,932 |
| 1931 | 953 | — | #193 | #2,241 |
| 1930 | 968 | — | #199 | #2,847 |
| 1929 | 922 | — | #204 | #3,068 |
| 1928 | 1,067 | — | #193 | #2,720 |
| 1927 | 1,030 | — | #197 | #3,910 |
| 1926 | 1,045 | — | #193 | #3,496 |
| 1925 | 1,027 | — | #200 | #4,415 |
| 1924 | 976 | — | #205 | #4,027 |
| 1923 | 904 | — | #214 | #3,957 |
| 1922 | 956 | — | #205 | #4,506 |
| 1921 | 871 | — | #217 | — |
| 1920 | 863 | — | #221 | — |
| 1919 | 738 | — | #232 | — |
| 1918 | 823 | — | #218 | — |
| 1917 | 742 | — | #227 | — |
| 1916 | 676 | — | #234 | — |
| 1915 | 564 | — | #249 | — |
| 1914 | 473 | — | #243 | — |
| 1913 | 425 | — | #234 | — |
| 1912 | 354 | — | #240 | — |
| 1911 | 238 | — | #251 | — |
| 1910 | 184 | — | #286 | — |
| 1909 | 169 | — | #276 | — |
| 1908 | 176 | — | #269 | — |
| 1907 | 143 | — | #291 | — |
| 1906 | 120 | — | #306 | — |
| 1905 | 123 | — | #303 | — |
| 1904 | 121 | — | #292 | — |
| 1903 | 106 | — | #305 | — |
| 1902 | 113 | — | #297 | — |
| 1901 | 74 | — | #352 | — |
| 1900 | 93 | — | #347 | — |
| 1899 | 74 | — | #346 | — |
| 1898 | 92 | — | #325 | — |
| 1897 | 78 | — | #332 | — |
| 1896 | 56 | — | #377 | — |
| 1895 | 70 | — | #344 | — |
| 1894 | 72 | — | #330 | — |
| 1893 | 64 | — | #336 | — |
| 1892 | 59 | — | #345 | — |
| 1891 | 46 | — | #368 | — |
| 1890 | 68 | — | #305 | — |
| 1889 | 42 | — | #374 | — |
| 1888 | 46 | — | #351 | — |
| 1887 | 53 | — | #292 | — |
| 1886 | 27 | — | #420 | — |
| 1885 | 26 | — | #407 | — |
| 1884 | 29 | — | #371 | — |
| 1883 | 27 | — | #346 | — |
| 1882 | 34 | — | #301 | — |
| 1881 | 21 | — | #363 | — |
| 1880 | 17 | — | #409 | — |