Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Ernest

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

Endangered Down 96.5% from peak

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

5,697

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

96.5%

2024

200

All-time

302,282

Ernest 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 1921, when 5,697 boys were named Ernest.

In 2024, only 200 boys were given the name.

Down 96.5% from its peak.

All told, about 302,282 Americans have been named Ernest and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.5% from peak

19215,697 boys named Ernest

2024200 boys named Ernest

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