Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Ernst

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1917

Peak era

1917

Peak births

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19172025

Quick answers about Ernst

An estimated 931 living Americans are named Ernst.

Ernst 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 Ernst is approximately 56 years, with most bearers falling between 39 and 70 years old.

Not especially. Ernst has been declining since its 1917 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

Peak year

1917

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

2,383

Ernst last appeared in SSA records in 2021. Across its recorded history, about 2,383 American boys received the name.

Ernst peaked in 1917, when 59 boys were given the name.

No boys 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 2,383 Americans named Ernst since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1917

Living profile

931

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age56

Core range39–70

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Glacier

A long-duration classic distributed across many generations.