Ernie
Boy · UR-nee · Germanic
Ernie is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “serious, resolute”. In 2025 it ranked 340th for boys in the UK (141 babies) and 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Ernie mean?
Germanic: pet form of Ernest
“serious, resolute”
Pet form of Ernest, now also used as a name in its own right.
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Is Ernie a girl's or a boy's name?
Ernie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 141 boys in the UK and 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ernie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #340among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 141about 1 in 2,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 141 boys in the UK were named Ernie, making it the 340th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 402nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 147 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ernie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 321st in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Ernie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 141 | #340 |
| 2024 | 147 | #337 |
| 2023 | 137 | #350 |
| 2022 | 123 | #385 |
| 2021 | 136 | #366 |
| 2020 | 120 | #402 |
| 2019 | 123 | #397 |
| 2018 | 115 | #416 |
| 2017 | 85 | #524 |
| 2016 | 89 | #506 |
| 2015 | 81 | #535 |
| 2014 | 67 | #596 |
| 2013 | 48 | #746 |
| 2012 | 39 | #873 |
| 2011 | 40 | #833 |
| 2010 | 13 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 28 | #1,032 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,205 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,558 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Ernie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Ernie, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 1959, with 450 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ernie in the US since 1880 were born between 1945 and 1970, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 39% of the babies named Ernie in the US in 1910, and 3% in 1967.
Ernie in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2010 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 37 | #3,101 |
| 2007 | 48 | #2,564 |
| 2006 | 46 | #2,577 |
| 2005 | 51 | #2,293 |
| 2004 | 51 | #2,234 |
| 2003 | 64 | #1,842 |
| 2002 | 49 | #2,151 |
| 2001 | 42 | #2,342 |
| 2000 | 65 | #1,721 |
| 1999 | 54 | #1,821 |
| 1998 | 58 | #1,738 |
| 1997 | 62 | #1,625 |
| 1996 | 71 | #1,443 |
| 1995 | 60 | #1,554 |
| 1994 | 57 | #1,603 |
| 1993 | 86 | #1,211 |
| 1992 | 90 | #1,158 |
| 1991 | 81 | #1,230 |
| 1990 | 100 | #1,054 |
| 1989 | 77 | #1,215 |
| 1988 | 95 | #993 |
| 1987 | 90 | #1,001 |
| 1986 | 100 | #913 |
| 1985 | 96 | #927 |
| 1984 | 103 | #866 |
| 1983 | 93 | #916 |
| 1982 | 124 | #794 |
| 1981 | 131 | #760 |
| 1980 | 124 | #786 |
| 1979 | 122 | #782 |
| 1978 | 131 | #737 |
| 1977 | 140 | #720 |
| 1976 | 150 | #671 |
| 1975 | 130 | #725 |
| 1974 | 139 | #697 |
| 1973 | 156 | #635 |
| 1972 | 147 | #662 |
| 1971 | 214 | #550 |
| 1970 | 212 | #556 |
| 1969 | 222 | #526 |
| 1968 | 185 | #555 |
| 1967 | 230 | #494 |
| 1966 | 273 | #461 |
| 1965 | 265 | #478 |
| 1964 | 312 | #452 |
| 1963 | 378 | #413 |
| 1962 | 387 | #407 |
| 1961 | 429 | #381 |
| 1960 | 435 | #378 |
| 1959 | 450 | #370 |
| 1958 | 442 | #368 |
| 1957 | 420 | #377 |
| 1956 | 325 | #416 |
| 1955 | 311 | #415 |
| 1954 | 272 | #439 |
| 1953 | 281 | #417 |
| 1952 | 272 | #418 |
| 1951 | 302 | #387 |
| 1950 | 305 | #382 |
| 1949 | 326 | #373 |
| 1948 | 348 | #362 |
| 1947 | 399 | #341 |
| 1946 | 357 | #342 |
| 1945 | 381 | #304 |
| 1944 | 277 | #359 |
| 1943 | 225 | #410 |
| 1942 | 192 | #446 |
| 1941 | 161 | #466 |
| 1940 | 172 | #442 |
| 1939 | 172 | #433 |
| 1938 | 175 | #433 |
| 1937 | 156 | #448 |
| 1936 | 141 | #474 |
| 1935 | 161 | #449 |
| 1934 | 130 | #508 |
| 1933 | 123 | #506 |
| 1932 | 121 | #532 |
| 1931 | 85 | #643 |
| 1930 | 104 | #591 |
| 1929 | 116 | #547 |
| 1928 | 99 | #613 |
| 1927 | 98 | #638 |
| 1926 | 110 | #601 |
| 1925 | 86 | #697 |
| 1924 | 87 | #704 |
| 1923 | 96 | #654 |
| 1922 | 64 | #855 |
| 1921 | 94 | #668 |
| 1920 | 77 | #744 |
| 1919 | 73 | #753 |
| 1918 | 61 | #841 |
| 1917 | 74 | #706 |
| 1916 | 55 | #840 |
| 1915 | 69 | #705 |
| 1914 | 36 | #907 |
| 1913 | 49 | #637 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,023 |
| 1911 | 20 | #707 |
| 1910 | 19 | #677 |
| 1909 | 19 | #615 |
| 1908 | 15 | #685 |
| 1907 | 12 | #778 |
| 1906 | 11 | #752 |
| 1905 | 19 | #525 |
| 1904 | 13 | #647 |
| 1903 | 7 | #910 |
| 1902 | 8 | #861 |
| 1901 | 12 | #596 |
| 1900 | 12 | #742 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 10 | #700 |
| 1897 | 7 | #851 |
| 1896 | 14 | #551 |
| 1895 | 7 | #871 |
| 1894 | 11 | #630 |
| 1893 | 11 | #615 |
| 1892 | 6 | #955 |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 9 | #667 |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 10 | #583 |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
| 1885 | 6 | #835 |
| 1884 | 5 | #971 |
| 1883 | 12 | #527 |
| 1882 | 12 | #540 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 6 | #809 |
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