Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Earnest

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Earnest
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.5% from peak

Peak era

1926

Peak rank proxy

1,149

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19262024

Peak year

1926

Decline from peak

98.5%

2024

All-time

58,366

Earnest once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1926, when 1,149 boys were named Earnest.

In 2024, only 17 boys were given the name.

Down 98.5% from its peak.

All told, about 58,366 Americans have been named Earnest and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.5% from peak

19261,149 boys named Earnest

202417 boys named Earnest

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