Popularity in England and Wales
Numbers
| Ernest (masculine) | |||
| Year | Rank | Percent Used | |
| 2023 | #283 | 0.053 | |
| 2022 | #270 | 0.055 | |
| 2021 | #305 | 0.048 | |
| 2020 | #301 | 0.049 | |
| 2019 | #290 | 0.051 | |
| 2018 | #326 | 0.043 | |
| 2017 | #283 | 0.052 | |
| 2016 | #320 | 0.042 | |
| 2015 | #313 | 0.042 | |
| 2014 | #397 | 0.029 | |
| 2013 | #440 | 0.025 | |
| 2012 | #382 | 0.029 | |
| 2011 | #557 | 0.017 | |
| 2010 | #574 | 0.016 | |
| 2009 | #610 | 0.015 | |
| 2008 | #649 | 0.013 | |
| 2007 | #664 | 0.012 | |
| 2006 | #722 | 0.011 | |
| 2005 | #919 | 0.007 | |
| 2004 | - | - | |
| 2003 | #945 | 0.006 | |
| 2002 | #869 | 0.007 | |
| 2001 | - | - | |
| 2000 | - | - | |
| 1999 | - | - | |
| 1998 | - | - | |
| 1997 | - | - | |
| 1996 | - | - | |
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