NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Earnest Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Earnest: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 58,389 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
58,389
Peak year
1926 #147
Years on the list
146
10-year trend
-26.5%

In the 1920s · Most used in AL in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

YearBirthsRank
201153#2387
201250#2503
201331#3436
201437#3052
201533#3386
201624#4230
201732#3466
201840#2963
201927#3921
202028#3748
202121#4675
202224#4340
202324#4377
202417#5500
202525#4164

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1926

AL
108
TX
105
GA
98
MS
91
NC
87
VA
69

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