# Ernesto (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ernesto/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 44,816 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 44,695 / 121 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 99, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 7 | 7,120 |
| 1975 | 5 | 9,499 |
| 1976 | 5 | 9,730 |
| 1977 | 6 | 8,771 |
| 1982 | 5 | 10,986 |
| 1983 | 5 | 10,765 |
| 1984 | 7 | 8,430 |
| 1985 | 10 | 6,602 |
| 1986 | 7 | 8,819 |
| 1989 | 7 | 10,023 |
| 1990 | 9 | 8,701 |
| 1991 | 5 | 13,837 |
| 1992 | 6 | 12,240 |
| 1994 | 9 | 9,061 |
| 2006 | 5 | 18,011 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 531 | 493 |
| 2012 | 478 | 545 |
| 2013 | 392 | 627 |
| 2014 | 405 | 650 |
| 2015 | 415 | 638 |
| 2016 | 363 | 685 |
| 2017 | 346 | 707 |
| 2018 | 330 | 727 |
| 2019 | 304 | 773 |
| 2020 | 293 | 792 |
| 2021 | 257 | 893 |
| 2022 | 279 | 863 |
| 2023 | 271 | 868 |
| 2024 | 265 | 891 |
| 2025 | 272 | 878 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6 | 2,837 |
| 2010 | 7 | 2,629 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Ernesto

- Ernesto Sabato, Argentine writer, painter and physicist (1911-2011)
- Ernesto Laclau, Argentine philosopher and political theorist (1935-2014)
- Archduke Ernest of Austria, Austrian nobleman (1553-1595)
- Ernesto Canto, athletics competitor (1959–2020)
- Ernesto Lecuona, Cuban composer (1896-1963)
- Ernesto Hoost, Dutch retired professional kickboxer (born 1965)
- Ernesto Alterio, Argentine-Spanish actor
- Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, Catholic cardinal (1919–2008)
- Ernesto Albarracín, Argentine footballer
- Ernesto Belis, Argentine footballer
- Ernesto Chaparro, Chilean footballer (1901-1958)
- Ernesto Grillo, Argentine footballer and manager (1929-1998)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.