Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Ernestine

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1928

Peak era

1928

Peak rank proxy

1,057

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19282024

Peak year

1928

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

44,032

Ernestine is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1928, when 1,057 girls were named Ernestine.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 44,032 Americans have been named Ernestine and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1928

19281,057 girls named Ernestine

20240 (extinct) girls named Ernestine

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