Ernst is an uncommon variant of Ernest that peaked in 1917 and has since faded.
Ernst is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2021. Ernst first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1917 (59 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | #12,714 |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 | #12,737 |
| 2016 | 6 | 6 | #11,143 |
| 2015 | 6 | 6 | #11,098 |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 | #9,980 |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 | #11,263 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | #13,055 |
| 2008 | 8 | 8 | #9,248 |
| 2006 | 7 | 7 | #9,887 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | #11,983 |
| 2004 | 10 | 10 | #7,140 |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 | #8,735 |
| 2001 | 8 | 8 | #7,766 |
| 2000 | 9 | 9 | #7,006 |
| 1999 | 10 | 10 | #6,182 |
| 1998 | 8 | 8 | #7,052 |
| 1997 | 11 | — | #5,388 |
| 1996 | 10 | — | #5,664 |
| 1995 | 6 | — | #8,121 |
| 1994 | 10 | — | #5,582 |
| 1993 | 10 | — | #5,474 |
| 1992 | 10 | — | #5,358 |
| 1991 | 10 | — | #5,221 |
| 1990 | 13 | — | #4,245 |
| 1989 | 18 | — | #3,245 |
| 1988 | 15 | — | #3,406 |
| 1987 | 14 | — | #3,394 |
| 1986 | 18 | — | #2,818 |
| 1985 | 22 | — | #2,375 |
| 1984 | 12 | — | #3,528 |
| 1983 | 13 | — | #3,293 |
| 1982 | 21 | — | #2,363 |
| 1981 | 18 | — | #2,606 |
| 1980 | 11 | — | #3,693 |
| 1979 | 7 | — | #5,006 |
| 1978 | 17 | — | #2,596 |
| 1977 | 10 | — | #3,686 |
| 1976 | 14 | — | #2,863 |
| 1975 | 13 | — | #2,953 |
| 1974 | 13 | — | #2,855 |
| 1973 | 19 | — | #2,155 |
| 1972 | 14 | — | #2,574 |
| 1971 | 20 | — | #2,076 |
| 1970 | 22 | — | #1,904 |
| 1969 | 13 | — | #2,460 |
| 1968 | 11 | — | #2,622 |
| 1967 | 21 | — | #1,725 |
| 1966 | 19 | — | #1,775 |
| 1965 | 21 | — | #1,738 |
| 1964 | 23 | — | #1,671 |
| 1963 | 17 | — | #1,987 |
| 1962 | 23 | — | #1,682 |
| 1961 | 21 | — | #1,791 |
| 1960 | 13 | — | #2,354 |
| 1959 | 24 | — | #1,637 |
| 1958 | 21 | — | #1,743 |
| 1957 | 19 | — | #1,851 |
| 1956 | 21 | — | #1,737 |
| 1955 | 20 | — | #1,746 |
| 1954 | 20 | — | #1,721 |
| 1953 | 24 | — | #1,559 |
| 1952 | 25 | — | #1,527 |
| 1951 | 14 | — | #2,080 |
| 1950 | 20 | — | #1,669 |
| 1949 | 17 | — | #1,842 |
| 1948 | 24 | — | #1,501 |
| 1947 | 19 | — | #1,750 |
| 1946 | 17 | — | #1,783 |
| 1945 | 15 | — | #1,804 |
| 1944 | 21 | — | #1,496 |
| 1943 | 18 | — | #1,724 |
| 1942 | 24 | — | #1,433 |
| 1941 | 22 | — | #1,464 |
| 1940 | 25 | — | #1,342 |
| 1939 | 23 | — | #1,409 |
| 1938 | 27 | — | #1,287 |
| 1937 | 26 | — | #1,316 |
| 1936 | 23 | — | #1,395 |
| 1935 | 31 | — | #1,208 |
| 1934 | 28 | — | #1,280 |
| 1933 | 32 | — | #1,168 |
| 1932 | 24 | — | #1,438 |
| 1931 | 29 | — | #1,291 |
| 1930 | 38 | — | #1,139 |
| 1929 | 26 | — | #1,421 |
| 1928 | 33 | — | #1,260 |
| 1927 | 31 | — | #1,328 |
| 1926 | 43 | — | #1,072 |
| 1925 | 43 | — | #1,055 |
| 1924 | 36 | — | #1,209 |
| 1923 | 19 | — | #1,826 |
| 1922 | 33 | — | #1,267 |
| 1921 | 43 | — | #1,075 |
| 1920 | 43 | — | #1,079 |
| 1919 | 51 | — | #940 |
| 1918 | 54 | — | #904 |
| 1917 | 59 | — | #834 |
| 1916 | 55 | — | #846 |
| 1915 | 48 | — | #896 |
| 1914 | 37 | — | #902 |
| 1913 | 29 | — | #918 |
| 1912 | 21 | — | #1,007 |
| 1911 | 10 | — | #1,138 |
| 1910 | 7 | — | #1,346 |
| 1909 | 10 | — | #970 |
| 1908 | 11 | — | #848 |
| 1906 | 14 | — | #652 |
| 1905 | 8 | — | #948 |
| 1904 | 9 | — | #829 |
| 1903 | 6 | — | #1,049 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | #1,102 |
| 1900 | 9 | — | #928 |
| 1899 | 6 | — | #967 |
| 1898 | 14 | — | #586 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | #1,115 |
| 1896 | 9 | — | #791 |
| 1895 | 13 | — | #583 |
| 1894 | 15 | — | #526 |
| 1893 | 12 | — | #585 |
| 1892 | 7 | — | #883 |
| 1891 | 7 | — | #796 |
| 1890 | 9 | — | #688 |
| 1889 | 10 | — | #640 |
| 1888 | 12 | — | #588 |
| 1887 | 10 | — | #603 |
| 1886 | 8 | — | #718 |
| 1885 | 19 | — | #417 |
| 1884 | 14 | — | #511 |
| 1883 | 16 | — | #453 |
| 1882 | 7 | — | #779 |
| 1881 | 12 | — | #513 |
| 1880 | 9 | — | #651 |