Ernestina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- er-nes-TEE-na
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Ernestina is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “earnest, serious”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Ernestina mean?
Germanic: feminine form of Ernest, from Germanic ernust 'earnestness'
“earnest, serious”
A feminine form of Ernest, a Germanic name meaning 'earnest' or 'serious'.
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Is Ernestina a girl's or a boy's name?
Ernestina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ernestina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Ernestina, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1947, with 106 girls. It first appears in the records in 1896.
2025 had more girls named Ernestina than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Ernestina in the US since 1880 were born between 1935 and 1972, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ernestina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,665 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 36 | #3,153 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,575 |
| 1991 | 41 | #2,837 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,618 |
| 1989 | 40 | #2,763 |
| 1988 | 39 | #2,695 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,778 |
| 1986 | 31 | #2,972 |
| 1985 | 38 | #2,544 |
| 1984 | 42 | #2,298 |
| 1983 | 39 | #2,397 |
| 1982 | 58 | #1,850 |
| 1981 | 46 | #2,195 |
| 1980 | 58 | #1,863 |
| 1979 | 50 | #2,020 |
| 1978 | 44 | #2,125 |
| 1977 | 57 | #1,774 |
| 1976 | 46 | #1,936 |
| 1975 | 63 | #1,571 |
| 1974 | 60 | #1,578 |
| 1973 | 60 | #1,548 |
| 1972 | 72 | #1,380 |
| 1971 | 62 | #1,560 |
| 1970 | 48 | #1,828 |
| 1969 | 65 | #1,453 |
| 1968 | 46 | #1,728 |
| 1967 | 59 | #1,441 |
| 1966 | 53 | #1,532 |
| 1965 | 65 | #1,366 |
| 1964 | 53 | #1,559 |
| 1963 | 73 | #1,290 |
| 1962 | 58 | #1,456 |
| 1961 | 66 | #1,374 |
| 1960 | 75 | #1,265 |
| 1959 | 72 | #1,261 |
| 1958 | 72 | #1,252 |
| 1957 | 75 | #1,219 |
| 1956 | 71 | #1,236 |
| 1955 | 76 | #1,141 |
| 1954 | 86 | #1,056 |
| 1953 | 84 | #1,053 |
| 1952 | 71 | #1,118 |
| 1951 | 75 | #1,067 |
| 1950 | 88 | #958 |
| 1949 | 82 | #991 |
| 1948 | 71 | #1,048 |
| 1947 | 106 | #852 |
| 1946 | 76 | #952 |
| 1945 | 73 | #881 |
| 1944 | 71 | #909 |
| 1943 | 66 | #975 |
| 1942 | 60 | #1,006 |
| 1941 | 64 | #918 |
| 1940 | 75 | #820 |
| 1939 | 82 | #761 |
| 1938 | 81 | #775 |
| 1937 | 77 | #778 |
| 1936 | 63 | #853 |
| 1935 | 71 | #805 |
| 1934 | 60 | #875 |
| 1933 | 92 | #679 |
| 1932 | 71 | #808 |
| 1931 | 76 | #768 |
| 1930 | 97 | #699 |
| 1929 | 95 | #721 |
| 1928 | 75 | #831 |
| 1927 | 88 | #771 |
| 1926 | 92 | #748 |
| 1925 | 84 | #806 |
| 1924 | 64 | #951 |
| 1923 | 49 | #1,084 |
| 1922 | 47 | #1,114 |
| 1921 | 53 | #1,035 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,708 |
| 1919 | 33 | #1,348 |
| 1918 | 41 | #1,165 |
| 1917 | 28 | #1,402 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,445 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,738 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,444 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,163 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,372 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,763 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,416 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,595 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,416 |
Nicknames for Ernestina
Names like Ernestina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ramona, Linda, Priscilla, Eloisa, Virginia, Loretta, Veronica, Billie, Regina, Barbara, Elaine, Elizabeth
Names related to Ernestina
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ernestina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ernestina, updated 20 October 2026.