NameTides

Ernest

Ernest was the #1,038 boys' name in the US in 2025 (213 babies), and #252 in England & Wales and #741 in Canada.

Ernest as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ernest as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandCanadaUS
Ernest as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,038 (213)#252 (185)#441 (7)—#741 (36)
2024#1,076 (202)#296 (152)#727 (3)—#959 (26)
2023#1,024 (213)#283 (162)#482 (6)—#986 (24)
2022#1,131 (186)#270 (171)#703 (3)—#787 (32)
2021#1,108 (187)#305 (153)#533 (5)#552 (5)#997 (23)
2020#1,009 (208)#301 (153)#536 (5)—#967 (23)
2019#1,057 (193)#290 (167)#516 (5)—#840 (28)
2018#964 (215)#326 (144)#595 (4)—#835 (28)
2017#951 (219)#283 (182)#733 (3)#610 (4)#845 (28)
2016#977 (210)#320 (150)#532 (5)—#1,000 (22)
2015#955 (216)#313 (149)#686 (3)#615 (4)#954 (23)
2014#877 (247)#397 (102)——#1,250 (15)
2013#934 (217)#440 (91)#687 (3)#534 (5)#1,028 (20)
2012#922 (223)#382 (109)—#718 (3)#1,102 (18)
2011#846 (253)#557 (63)——#1,076 (19)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1895 at #24.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 8,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ernest is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,900 to 1 in 8,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ernest by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #618WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #604WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #718MNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: #715MINew York: #1,297NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #773INOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: #1,004PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #807CAUtah: #621UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #789MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #672AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #1,144NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,347TXFlorida: #1,256FL
Ernest (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#38512

Ernest (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ErnestCanadaBoys#74136
ErnestEngland & WalesBoys#252185
ErnestIrelandBoys—too few
ErnestNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ErnestScotlandBoys#4417
ErnestUSGirls—too few
ErnestUSBoys#1,038213