How Many People Are Named Ernesto?
people named Ernesto are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 8,964 people in the US has this name
Based on 44,816 babies named Ernesto in Social Security records from 1889 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
854 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ERNEST.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Ernesto (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ernesto alive today is about 35 years old, and 44% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 21 and 48 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ernesto first appears in the records in 1889 and was given most often in 2003, to 854 babies. In 2025, 272 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1889 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ernesto has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #291, in 1981. In 2025 it ranked #878.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #878 |
| Best rank | #291 (1981) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #326 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ernesto alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ernesto were born in California than in any other state: about 14,084 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ernesto was given 5.1 times as often in New Mexico, 3.8 times in Texas and 3.7 times in Arizona.
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