Ernestina

girls:

5.3k births since 1896

#2311 (60th percentile)

overall:

5.3k births since 1896

#3753 (51st percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Ernestina is the #3,753 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,301 recorded births since 1896. This represents the 51.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 51.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,311 (59.6% percentile) for all time with 5,301 births since 1896.

Ernestina first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1896 (first recorded for girls in 1896). Birth data for Ernestina is available in 120 out of the 128 years between 1896 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Ernestina reached its peak popularity in 1930, achieving the 15.5% percentile (ranked #501) with 83 births per million. The name was most common in 1933, with 88 births per million (ranked 15.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Ernestina ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 3.9% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ernestina".

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Key Statistics

Total Births
5,301
Peak Births
106
Peak Year
1930
First Recorded
1896
Peak Percentile
15.5%
Current Percentile
0.1%
Peak Rank
#501
Current Rank
#946
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Ernestina

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ernestina. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 57.1% confident that Ernestina is pronounced as er-NEH-stee-nuh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is er-neh-STEE-nuh, at 31.4% confidence, with 4 syllables.

er-NEH-stee-nuh (4 syllables)
57.1% confidence
ER0 N EH1 S T IY0 N AH0
er-neh-STEE-nuh (4 syllables)
31.4% confidence
ER0 N EH0 S T IY1 N AH0
er-NEE-stee-nuh (4 syllables)
11.4% confidence
ER0 N IY1 S T IY0 N AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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