Ernestine

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: German

Ernestine first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 137 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1928 with 1,057 babies (rank #193 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Ernestine

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Ernestine yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

1Destiny numberThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
6Soul urgeThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
22PersonalityThe master builderTurns visions into structures — a heightened 4.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

44,191

Total babies (all years)

137

Years in the data

1,057

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Ernestine

Ernestine Rosefeminist · b. 1810

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	17	#409
1881	21	#363
1882	34	#301
1883	27	#346
1884	29	#371
1885	26	#407
1886	27	#420
1887	53	#292
1888	46	#351
1889	42	#374
1890	68	#305
1891	46	#368
1892	59	#345
1893	64	#336
1894	72	#330
1895	70	#344
1896	56	#377
1897	78	#332
1898	92	#325
1899	74	#346
1900	93	#347
1901	74	#352
1902	113	#297
1903	106	#305
1904	121	#292
1905	123	#303
1906	120	#306
1907	143	#291
1908	176	#269
1909	169	#276
1910	184	#286
1911	238	#251
1912	354	#240
1913	425	#234
1914	473	#243
1915	564	#249
1916	676	#234
1917	742	#227
1918	823	#218
1919	738	#232
1920	863	#221
1921	871	#217
1922	951	#205
1923	898	#214
1924	970	#205
1925	1,022	#200
1926	1,038	#193
1927	1,024	#197
1928	1,057	#193
1929	914	#204
1930	959	#199
1931	941	#193
1932	876	#206
1933	842	#207
1934	854	#207
1935	893	#195
1936	792	#208
1937	774	#217
1938	791	#214
1939	794	#211
1940	767	#219
1941	763	#228
1942	808	#237
1943	861	#229
1944	834	#226
1945	772	#239
1946	787	#254
1947	838	#265
1948	775	#276
1949	765	#278
1950	721	#291
1951	697	#297
1952	701	#301
1953	628	#332
1954	567	#366
1955	502	#393
1956	534	#387
1957	453	#441
1958	437	#457
1959	413	#478
1960	401	#488
1961	384	#495
1962	400	#483
1963	347	#523
1964	304	#564
1965	259	#599
1966	232	#626
1967	232	#625
1968	185	#717
1969	169	#791
1970	178	#787
1971	141	#924
1972	133	#923
1973	106	#1,085
1974	87	#1,253
1975	79	#1,354
1976	64	#1,575
1977	72	#1,519
1978	66	#1,615
1979	73	#1,573
1980	67	#1,693
1981	81	#1,494
1982	55	#1,926
1983	56	#1,863
1984	68	#1,619
1985	51	#2,085
1986	45	#2,276
1987	60	#1,904
1988	37	#2,817
1989	32	#3,274
1990	38	#2,972
1991	36	#3,110
1992	25	#4,124
1993	30	#3,618
1994	30	#3,641
1995	16	#5,764
1996	15	#6,157
1997	18	#5,475
1998	18	#5,648
1999	11	#8,405
2000	7	#12,201
2001	7	#12,466
2002	12	#8,449
2003	10	#9,898
2005	7	#13,450
2006	5	#18,009
2008	6	#16,021
2011	8	#12,526
2012	12	#9,274
2014	10	#10,394
2015	5	#17,274
2016	12	#9,057
2017	5	#16,620
2018	5	#16,426
2019	5	#16,285
2020	6	#13,959
2021	6	#14,013