NameTides

Ernie

Ernie was the #5,208 boys' name in the US in 2025 (18 babies), and #321 in England & Wales and #2,527 in Canada.

Ernie as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
Ernie as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandCanadaUS
Ernie as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandCanada
2025#5,208 (18)#321 (138)#762 (3)—#2,527 (7)
2024#6,199 (14)#316 (141)#478 (6)—#3,072 (5)
2023#4,886 (20)#321 (137)——#2,123 (8)
2022#4,701 (21)#364 (117)#703 (3)#414 (3)—
2021#4,936 (19)#333 (136)——#2,491 (6)
2020#4,020 (25)#366 (119)——#2,197 (7)
2019#5,153 (18)#366 (120)#701 (3)——
2018#4,354 (23)#391 (111)#595 (4)—#1,572 (11)
2017#4,746 (20)#483 (84)——#2,198 (7)
2016#3,776 (28)#486 (83)—#358 (4)#1,988 (8)
2015#4,295 (23)#485 (81)——#1,956 (8)
2014#4,014 (25)#550 (66)——#1,936 (8)
2013#4,804 (19)#709 (46)———
2012#3,894 (26)#821 (38)——#2,666 (5)
2011#2,904 (40)#767 (40)——#2,629 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1945 at #304.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 91,000 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 91,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Ernie is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 110,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 74,000 to 1 in 150,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ernie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: 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: 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: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth 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: #2,574TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Ernie (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
ErnieCanadaBoys#2,5277
ErnieEngland & WalesBoys#321138
ErnieNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ErnieScotlandBoys#7623
ErnieUSGirls—too few
ErnieUSBoys#5,20818