Ernesto is an established variant of Ernest that peaked in 2003 and has grown less common since.
Ernesto is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #878 for boy births in the United States (and #1,812 across all names), given to 272 babies. Ernesto was first reported in SSA data in 1889 and peaked in 2003 (854 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 272 | 272 | — | #878 |
| 2024 | 265 | 265 | — | #891 |
| 2023 | 271 | 271 | — | #868 |
| 2022 | 279 | 284 | — | #863 |
| 2021 | 257 | 257 | — | #893 |
| 2020 | 293 | 293 | — | #792 |
| 2019 | 304 | 304 | — | #773 |
| 2018 | 330 | 330 | — | #727 |
| 2017 | 346 | 346 | — | #707 |
| 2016 | 363 | 370 | — | #685 |
| 2015 | 415 | 422 | — | #638 |
| 2014 | 405 | 405 | — | #650 |
| 2013 | 392 | 400 | — | #627 |
| 2012 | 478 | 484 | — | #545 |
| 2011 | 531 | 538 | — | #493 |
| 2010 | 529 | 541 | — | #491 |
| 2009 | 589 | 596 | — | #463 |
| 2008 | 721 | 735 | — | #411 |
| 2007 | 730 | 750 | — | #403 |
| 2006 | 798 | 807 | #18,011 | #378 |
| 2005 | 804 | 824 | — | #368 |
| 2004 | 818 | 836 | — | #348 |
| 2003 | 854 | 877 | — | #335 |
| 2002 | 853 | 865 | — | #324 |
| 2001 | 848 | 878 | — | #328 |
| 2000 | 792 | 821 | — | #346 |
| 1999 | 835 | 861 | — | #328 |
| 1998 | 807 | 846 | — | #335 |
| 1997 | 797 | — | — | #330 |
| 1996 | 774 | — | — | #334 |
| 1995 | 777 | — | — | #329 |
| 1994 | 826 | — | #9,061 | #317 |
| 1993 | 814 | — | — | #323 |
| 1992 | 853 | — | #12,240 | #312 |
| 1991 | 826 | — | #13,837 | #314 |
| 1990 | 831 | — | #8,701 | #310 |
| 1989 | 786 | — | #10,023 | #306 |
| 1988 | 758 | — | — | #300 |
| 1987 | 623 | — | — | #331 |
| 1986 | 645 | — | #8,819 | #319 |
| 1985 | 640 | — | #6,602 | #319 |
| 1984 | 616 | — | #8,430 | #318 |
| 1983 | 646 | — | #10,765 | #307 |
| 1982 | 645 | — | #10,986 | #306 |
| 1981 | 692 | — | — | #291 |
| 1980 | 645 | — | — | #306 |
| 1979 | 556 | — | — | #328 |
| 1978 | 563 | — | — | #316 |
| 1977 | 555 | — | #8,771 | #331 |
| 1976 | 562 | — | #9,730 | #317 |
| 1975 | 508 | — | #9,499 | #339 |
| 1974 | 490 | — | #7,120 | #348 |
| 1973 | 463 | — | — | #359 |
| 1972 | 456 | — | #6,758 | #372 |
| 1971 | 503 | — | — | #359 |
| 1970 | 458 | — | #8,362 | #380 |
| 1969 | 392 | — | — | #403 |
| 1968 | 406 | — | — | #385 |
| 1967 | 345 | — | — | #410 |
| 1966 | 354 | — | — | #399 |
| 1965 | 357 | — | — | #414 |
| 1964 | 382 | — | #7,069 | #416 |
| 1963 | 372 | — | #6,077 | #420 |
| 1962 | 367 | — | — | #418 |
| 1961 | 284 | — | — | #476 |
| 1960 | 356 | — | — | #425 |
| 1959 | 336 | — | — | #438 |
| 1958 | 321 | — | — | #437 |
| 1957 | 338 | — | — | #424 |
| 1956 | 317 | — | — | #424 |
| 1955 | 265 | — | — | #458 |
| 1954 | 233 | — | — | #475 |
| 1953 | 261 | — | — | #442 |
| 1952 | 269 | — | — | #423 |
| 1951 | 243 | — | — | #434 |
| 1950 | 278 | — | — | #405 |
| 1949 | 263 | — | — | #421 |
| 1948 | 240 | — | — | #431 |
| 1947 | 202 | — | — | #473 |
| 1946 | 194 | — | — | #456 |
| 1945 | 179 | — | — | #444 |
| 1944 | 160 | — | — | #477 |
| 1943 | 146 | — | — | #515 |
| 1942 | 164 | — | — | #480 |
| 1941 | 124 | — | — | #529 |
| 1940 | 122 | — | — | #529 |
| 1939 | 141 | — | — | #481 |
| 1938 | 117 | — | — | #540 |
| 1937 | 103 | — | — | #568 |
| 1936 | 139 | — | — | #478 |
| 1935 | 130 | — | — | #504 |
| 1934 | 146 | — | — | #468 |
| 1933 | 114 | — | — | #535 |
| 1932 | 126 | — | — | #512 |
| 1931 | 142 | — | — | #474 |
| 1930 | 168 | — | — | #457 |
| 1929 | 146 | — | — | #487 |
| 1928 | 143 | — | — | #507 |
| 1927 | 119 | — | — | #566 |
| 1926 | 138 | — | — | #517 |
| 1925 | 119 | — | — | #570 |
| 1924 | 129 | — | — | #553 |
| 1923 | 131 | — | — | #531 |
| 1922 | 105 | — | — | #630 |
| 1921 | 105 | — | — | #621 |
| 1920 | 77 | — | — | #748 |
| 1919 | 95 | — | — | #619 |
| 1918 | 61 | — | — | #845 |
| 1917 | 60 | — | — | #825 |
| 1916 | 57 | — | — | #826 |
| 1915 | 49 | — | — | #884 |
| 1914 | 36 | — | — | #913 |
| 1913 | 34 | — | — | #824 |
| 1912 | 29 | — | — | #819 |
| 1911 | 18 | — | — | #766 |
| 1910 | 12 | — | — | #947 |
| 1909 | 14 | — | — | #770 |
| 1908 | 9 | — | — | #970 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | — | #1,398 |
| 1906 | 7 | — | — | #1,045 |
| 1905 | 8 | — | — | #947 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | — | #1,264 |
| 1901 | 11 | — | — | #650 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | — | #1,096 |
| 1889 | 6 | — | — | #910 |