NameTides

Ernesto

Ernesto was the #878 boys' name in the US in 2025 (272 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales.

Ernesto as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Ernesto as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Ernesto as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#878 (272)#4,275 (4)—
2024#891 (265)—#3,072 (5)
2023#868 (271)#4,108 (4)—
2022#863 (279)——
2021#893 (257)#2,125 (10)#2,061 (8)
2020#792 (293)#3,334 (5)—
2019#773 (304)#2,266 (9)#2,756 (5)
2018#726 (330)#4,749 (3)—
2017#707 (346)#2,512 (8)—
2016#685 (363)#2,556 (8)—
2015#638 (415)#3,004 (6)—
2014#650 (405)#2,248 (9)#2,667 (5)
2013#627 (392)#2,954 (6)—
2012#545 (478)#2,458 (8)—
2011#493 (531)#4,647 (3)#1,467 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2002 at #324.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1889.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,300 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 6,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Ernesto is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,800 to 1 in 6,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ernesto by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #383CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #376AZNew Mexico: #360NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #936NCSouth 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #502TXFlorida: #912FL
Ernesto (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ErnestoCanadaBoys—too few
ErnestoEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
ErnestoNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ErnestoUSGirls—too few
ErnestoUSBoys#878272