Popularity in the United States (by decade)
Numbers
| Ernest (masculine) | Ernest (feminine) | |||||
| Year | Rank | Percent Used | Rank | Percent Used | ||
| 2020 | #1073 | 0.011 | - | - | ||
| 2010 | #955 | 0.011 | - | - | ||
| 2000 | #651 | 0.016 | - | - | ||
| 1990 | #394 | 0.029 | - | - | ||
| 1980 | #220 | 0.058 | - | - | ||
| 1970 | #158 | 0.098 | - | - | ||
| 1960 | #125 | 0.137 | - | - | ||
| 1950 | #92 | 0.193 | - | - | ||
| 1940 | #68 | 0.276 | #1881 | 0.001 | ||
| 1930 | #51 | 0.363 | #1414 | 0.003 | ||
| 1920 | #39 | 0.472 | #1257 | 0.003 | ||
| 1910 | #35 | 0.534 | #1631 | 0.002 | ||
| 1900 | #30 | 0.590 | #1642 | 0.002 | ||
| 1890 | #24 | 0.640 | #1460 | 0.002 | ||
| 1880 | #24 | 0.569 | #1191 | 0.002 | ||
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