Ernest in California
Babies in California
19,134
since 1910
Rank in California · 2025
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recorded as girls
#807
recorded as boys
Peak year in California
1910
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in California, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Ernest in California from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 30 | 807 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 16 | 1,190 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 18 | 1,109 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 18 | 1,149 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 23 | 979 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 28 | 824 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 26 | 883 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 19 | 1,079 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 20 | 1,051 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 19 | 1,094 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 29 | 844 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 32 | 794 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 23 | 942 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 25 | 896 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 33 | 752 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 22 | 961 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 31 | 781 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 33 | 747 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 40 | 663 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 34 | 709 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 34 | 681 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 49 | 536 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 46 | 547 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 46 | 535 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 49 | 513 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 57 | 469 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 43 | 542 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 46 | 521 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 61 | 432 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 81 | 383 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 64 | 438 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 83 | 373 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 103 | 336 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 101 | 347 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 109 | 335 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 136 | 287 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 169 | 239 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 126 | 265 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 152 | 235 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 132 | 250 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 157 | 219 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 167 | 199 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 151 | 215 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 170 | 200 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 156 | 209 |
| 1980 | 6 | 2,007 | 148 | 213 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 170 | 183 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 181 | 166 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 172 | 167 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 158 | 176 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 171 | 164 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 188 | 151 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 171 | 155 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 193 | 146 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 219 | 140 |
| 1970 | 5 | 1,892 | 262 | 131 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 286 | 113 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 250 | 125 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 245 | 126 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 268 | 122 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 278 | 123 |
| 1964 | 5 | 1,653 | 297 | 118 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 283 | 132 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 272 | 136 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 308 | 123 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 322 | 114 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 330 | 107 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 311 | 112 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 365 | 94 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 337 | 94 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 337 | 85 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 371 | 77 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 338 | 76 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 318 | 76 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 314 | 79 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 348 | 69 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 345 | 67 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 311 | 71 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 318 | 74 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 282 | 73 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 250 | 73 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 241 | 70 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 256 | 65 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 234 | 64 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 195 | 64 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 184 | 62 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 200 | 54 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 188 | 51 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 182 | 52 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 187 | 45 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 197 | 41 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 184 | 46 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 183 | 38 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 189 | 37 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 190 | 41 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 217 | 36 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 182 | 44 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 216 | 38 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 231 | 33 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 249 | 29 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 249 | 29 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 260 | 28 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 232 | 30 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 201 | 30 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 209 | 30 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 180 | 29 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 170 | 30 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 171 | 27 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 183 | 23 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 161 | 25 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 153 | 26 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 109 | 29 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 73 | 34 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 76 | 27 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 26 | 32 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 36 | 23 |