Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Ernestine

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1928

Peak era

1928

Peak births

1,057

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19282025

Quick answers about Ernestine

An estimated 15,007 living Americans are named Ernestine.

Ernestine fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.

The median age of a living American named Ernestine is approximately 74 years, with most bearers falling between 65 and 82 years old.

Not especially. Ernestine has been declining since its 1928 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

Peak year

1928

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

44,032

Ernestine last appeared in SSA records in 2021. Across its recorded history, about 44,032 American girls received the name.

Ernestine peaked in 1928, when 1,057 girls were given the name.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2025 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

In all, the Social Security Administration has recorded about 44,032 Americans named Ernestine since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1928

19281,057 girls named Ernestine

20250 (extinct) girls named Ernestine

Living profile

15,007

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age74

Core range65–82

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Steady Decline

A name with a broad middle and a downward recent trajectory.