Earnestine
Earnestine is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Earnestine
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Earnestine is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Earnestine
The earliest SSA record of Earnestine as a baby girl name dates back to 1889, when 6 babies received it. 1944 was its biggest year on record, with 483 newborns named Earnestine — #305 in the national rankings. The 1940s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 27% of all recorded Earnestines. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2001 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 16K Earnestines have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Earnestine
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About the name Earnestine
Earnestine is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1889 and has accumulated 16K births in the dataset. Earnestine's peak popularity came in 1944 when it ranked #305. Use the chart and map above to compare Earnestine's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.