Earnest
Boy · Germanic
Earnest is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).
What does Earnest mean?
Germanic
A male given name from the Germanic languages, of occasional usage, variant of Ernest.
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Is Earnest a girl's or a boy's name?
Earnest is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Earnest in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,138among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 68,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Earnest, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,731st. Its busiest year was 1926, with 1,149 boys.
2025 had more boys named Earnest than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Earnest in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1955, the years shaded on the chart below.
Earnest in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,138 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 28 | #3,731 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 40 | #2,942 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,437 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 33 | #3,364 |
| 2014 | 37 | #3,036 |
| 2013 | 31 | #3,403 |
| 2012 | 50 | #2,487 |
| 2011 | 53 | #2,375 |
| 2010 | 37 | #3,071 |
| 2009 | 44 | #2,752 |
| 2008 | 51 | #2,466 |
| 2007 | 50 | #2,504 |
| 2006 | 59 | #2,175 |
| 2005 | 49 | #2,361 |
| 2004 | 56 | #2,098 |
| 2003 | 50 | #2,176 |
| 2002 | 63 | #1,814 |
| 2001 | 69 | #1,673 |
| 2000 | 68 | #1,677 |
| 1999 | 77 | #1,474 |
| 1998 | 98 | #1,234 |
| 1997 | 88 | #1,291 |
| 1996 | 84 | #1,301 |
| 1995 | 92 | #1,202 |
| 1994 | 116 | #1,026 |
| 1993 | 92 | #1,159 |
| 1992 | 135 | #908 |
| 1991 | 126 | #941 |
| 1990 | 145 | #845 |
| 1989 | 169 | #755 |
| 1988 | 157 | #755 |
| 1987 | 170 | #698 |
| 1986 | 195 | #642 |
| 1985 | 178 | #659 |
| 1984 | 174 | #655 |
| 1983 | 210 | #582 |
| 1982 | 255 | #534 |
| 1981 | 236 | #553 |
| 1980 | 251 | #539 |
| 1979 | 245 | #545 |
| 1978 | 218 | #568 |
| 1977 | 266 | #501 |
| 1976 | 281 | #469 |
| 1975 | 285 | #473 |
| 1974 | 281 | #474 |
| 1973 | 306 | #446 |
| 1972 | 334 | #434 |
| 1971 | 362 | #426 |
| 1970 | 383 | #417 |
| 1969 | 380 | #409 |
| 1968 | 390 | #393 |
| 1967 | 379 | #386 |
| 1966 | 423 | #368 |
| 1965 | 443 | #365 |
| 1964 | 417 | #391 |
| 1963 | 468 | #363 |
| 1962 | 499 | #353 |
| 1961 | 524 | #345 |
| 1960 | 592 | #320 |
| 1959 | 559 | #326 |
| 1958 | 634 | #298 |
| 1957 | 631 | #303 |
| 1956 | 727 | #272 |
| 1955 | 696 | #269 |
| 1954 | 771 | #250 |
| 1953 | 787 | #239 |
| 1952 | 814 | #233 |
| 1951 | 803 | #239 |
| 1950 | 888 | #213 |
| 1949 | 888 | #213 |
| 1948 | 899 | #211 |
| 1947 | 982 | #203 |
| 1946 | 850 | #202 |
| 1945 | 807 | #188 |
| 1944 | 896 | #182 |
| 1943 | 940 | #177 |
| 1942 | 835 | #192 |
| 1941 | 812 | #185 |
| 1940 | 797 | #184 |
| 1939 | 808 | #176 |
| 1938 | 827 | #175 |
| 1937 | 833 | #174 |
| 1936 | 815 | #169 |
| 1935 | 881 | #163 |
| 1934 | 921 | #161 |
| 1933 | 858 | #166 |
| 1932 | 872 | #169 |
| 1931 | 916 | #162 |
| 1930 | 991 | #153 |
| 1929 | 996 | #155 |
| 1928 | 1,043 | #153 |
| 1927 | 1,062 | #148 |
| 1926 | 1,149 | #147 |
| 1925 | 1,103 | #148 |
| 1924 | 1,144 | #145 |
| 1923 | 1,063 | #146 |
| 1922 | 1,089 | #143 |
| 1921 | 1,128 | #138 |
| 1920 | 1,092 | #140 |
| 1919 | 1,064 | #139 |
| 1918 | 1,081 | #142 |
| 1917 | 924 | #143 |
| 1916 | 780 | #155 |
| 1915 | 824 | #143 |
| 1914 | 638 | #147 |
| 1913 | 521 | #144 |
| 1912 | 486 | #132 |
| 1911 | 283 | #125 |
| 1910 | 255 | #128 |
| 1909 | 255 | #107 |
| 1908 | 230 | #111 |
| 1907 | 225 | #107 |
| 1906 | 183 | #117 |
| 1905 | 172 | #124 |
| 1904 | 189 | #110 |
| 1903 | 140 | #133 |
| 1902 | 159 | #121 |
| 1901 | 131 | #127 |
| 1900 | 223 | #104 |
| 1899 | 146 | #114 |
| 1898 | 161 | #114 |
| 1897 | 148 | #116 |
| 1896 | 144 | #124 |
| 1895 | 143 | #117 |
| 1894 | 131 | #119 |
| 1893 | 132 | #121 |
| 1892 | 149 | #116 |
| 1891 | 114 | #121 |
| 1890 | 122 | #120 |
| 1889 | 101 | #144 |
| 1888 | 138 | #118 |
| 1887 | 99 | #129 |
| 1886 | 105 | #131 |
| 1885 | 120 | #113 |
| 1884 | 109 | #132 |
| 1883 | 87 | #148 |
| 1882 | 104 | #134 |
| 1881 | 92 | #132 |
| 1880 | 88 | #154 |
Names like Earnest
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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