Ernst

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: German

Meaning

Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include:

From Wikipedia

Ernst first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 59 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1960 with 170 babies (rank #107 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Ernst

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

3,484
Total babies (all years)
59
Years in the data
170
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

Famous people named Ernst

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195569#184
1956106#143
195793#165
1958106#154
1959134#132
1960170#107
1961115#162
1962136#137
1963152#128
1964167#124
1965146#138
1966140#141
1967118#162
1968108#169
1969127#158
1970142#143
197199#182
197284#197
197362#232
197460#238
197559#240
197669#210
197772#204
197866#216
197958#238
198047#281
198143#295
198240#318
198333#350
198448#281
198548#284
198649#285
198746#318
198846#319
198946#329
199034#417
199136#398
199229#455
199323#508
199422#523
199522#525
199631#443
199720#547
199822#538
199922#530
200010#765
200113#682
200217#598
200314#653
200411#732
200512#693
200610#747
20074#1,038
20088#806
20098#787
20113#1,033
20123#1,050
20134#988
20152#68