Ernie

Boy name

Ernie has been given to 17,234 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1959.

Meaning & origin /ˈɝni/

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

17,234

Peak year

1959 (455 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -22%

Gender split

4% girls / 96% boys

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

17,334 babies since 1880

16,796 babies since 1880

16,680 babies since 1880

17,871 babies since 1914

16,361 babies since 1880

18,123 babies since 1881

18,237 babies since 1896

18,367 babies since 1927

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