Ernesto
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #878 for boys
Ernesto is a boys' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 878th for boys in the US (272 babies).
What does Ernesto mean?
Spanish
A male given name from Spanish.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Ernesto a girl's or a boy's name?
Ernesto is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 272 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ernesto in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Ernesto, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ernesto in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Ernesto in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
How popular is Ernesto in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #878among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 272about 1 in 6,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 272 boys in the US were named Ernesto, making it the 878th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 792nd. Its busiest year was 2003, with 854 boys. It first appears in the records in 1889.
Half of all the boys named Ernesto in the US since 1880 were born between 1969 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ernesto in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 272 | #878 |
| 2024 | 265 | #891 |
| 2023 | 271 | #868 |
| 2022 | 279 | #863 |
| 2021 | 257 | #893 |
| 2020 | 293 | #792 |
| 2019 | 304 | #773 |
| 2018 | 330 | #726 |
| 2017 | 346 | #707 |
| 2016 | 363 | #685 |
| 2015 | 415 | #638 |
| 2014 | 405 | #650 |
| 2013 | 392 | #627 |
| 2012 | 478 | #545 |
| 2011 | 531 | #493 |
| 2010 | 529 | #491 |
| 2009 | 589 | #462 |
| 2008 | 721 | #411 |
| 2007 | 730 | #403 |
| 2006 | 793 | #377 |
| 2005 | 804 | #368 |
| 2004 | 818 | #348 |
| 2003 | 854 | #335 |
| 2002 | 853 | #324 |
| 2001 | 848 | #327 |
| 2000 | 792 | #346 |
| 1999 | 835 | #328 |
| 1998 | 807 | #335 |
| 1997 | 797 | #330 |
| 1996 | 774 | #334 |
| 1995 | 777 | #329 |
| 1994 | 817 | #317 |
| 1993 | 814 | #323 |
| 1992 | 847 | #312 |
| 1991 | 821 | #314 |
| 1990 | 822 | #310 |
| 1989 | 779 | #306 |
| 1988 | 758 | #300 |
| 1987 | 623 | #331 |
| 1986 | 638 | #319 |
| 1985 | 630 | #319 |
| 1984 | 609 | #318 |
| 1983 | 641 | #307 |
| 1982 | 640 | #306 |
| 1981 | 692 | #291 |
| 1980 | 645 | #306 |
| 1979 | 556 | #328 |
| 1978 | 563 | #316 |
| 1977 | 549 | #331 |
| 1976 | 557 | #317 |
| 1975 | 503 | #339 |
| 1974 | 483 | #348 |
| 1973 | 463 | #359 |
| 1972 | 449 | #372 |
| 1971 | 503 | #359 |
| 1970 | 453 | #380 |
| 1969 | 392 | #403 |
| 1968 | 406 | #385 |
| 1967 | 345 | #410 |
| 1966 | 354 | #399 |
| 1965 | 357 | #414 |
| 1964 | 377 | #416 |
| 1963 | 366 | #420 |
| 1962 | 367 | #418 |
| 1961 | 284 | #476 |
| 1960 | 356 | #424 |
| 1959 | 336 | #438 |
| 1958 | 321 | #436 |
| 1957 | 338 | #423 |
| 1956 | 317 | #423 |
| 1955 | 265 | #457 |
| 1954 | 233 | #474 |
| 1953 | 261 | #441 |
| 1952 | 269 | #422 |
| 1951 | 243 | #433 |
| 1950 | 278 | #404 |
| 1949 | 263 | #420 |
| 1948 | 240 | #430 |
| 1947 | 202 | #473 |
| 1946 | 194 | #456 |
| 1945 | 179 | #444 |
| 1944 | 160 | #477 |
| 1943 | 146 | #515 |
| 1942 | 164 | #478 |
| 1941 | 124 | #529 |
| 1940 | 122 | #528 |
| 1939 | 141 | #479 |
| 1938 | 117 | #539 |
| 1937 | 103 | #567 |
| 1936 | 139 | #477 |
| 1935 | 130 | #501 |
| 1934 | 146 | #466 |
| 1933 | 114 | #532 |
| 1932 | 126 | #512 |
| 1931 | 142 | #474 |
| 1930 | 168 | #457 |
| 1929 | 146 | #486 |
| 1928 | 143 | #507 |
| 1927 | 119 | #564 |
| 1926 | 138 | #516 |
| 1925 | 119 | #569 |
| 1924 | 129 | #553 |
| 1923 | 131 | #531 |
| 1922 | 105 | #629 |
| 1921 | 105 | #621 |
| 1920 | 77 | #744 |
| 1919 | 95 | #619 |
| 1918 | 61 | #841 |
| 1917 | 60 | #822 |
| 1916 | 57 | #824 |
| 1915 | 49 | #879 |
| 1914 | 36 | #907 |
| 1913 | 34 | #818 |
| 1912 | 29 | #816 |
| 1911 | 18 | #758 |
| 1910 | 12 | #927 |
| 1909 | 14 | #756 |
| 1908 | 9 | #946 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,003 |
| 1905 | 8 | #918 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 11 | #637 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 6 | #878 |
Names like Ernesto
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lorenzo Zachary Leonardo Elijah Gabriel Elias Elliot Eric Hugo Frankie Sonny Enzo
Names related to Ernesto
More Spanish names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Ernesto: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ernesto, updated 20 October 2026.