Ernesto

Boy name

Ernesto has been given to 44,816 babies in the U.S. since 1889. It peaked in 2003 and currently ranks #878 for boys (2025).

Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025

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Total babies

44,816

Peak year

2003 (854 babies)

Rank in 2025

#878 for boys

First recorded

1889

10-year trend

▼ -34%

Gender split

0% girls / 100% boys

Che Guevara

Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)

Ernesto Sabato

Argentine writer, painter and physicist (1911-2011)

Ernesto Teodoro Moneta

Italian journalist, revolutionary soldier and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1833–1918)

Ernesto Valverde

Spanish association football player and manager

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Ernesto.

44,577 babies since 1882

45,951 babies since 1991

43,662 babies since 1900

43,615 babies since 1914

43,362 babies since 1880

43,123 babies since 1990

46,512 babies since 1916

46,892 babies since 1900

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