Ernesta
Ernesta is a name with multiple cultural origins: Italian, Lithuanian.
- Italian
- Lithuanian
Meaning & Origin of Ernesta
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ernesta is a name with multiple cultural origins: Italian, Lithuanian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
- Lithuanian
The Story of Ernesta
Ernesta first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1915, with 12 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1918: 13 births, good for #2,519 nationwide. The 1970s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 28% of all recorded Ernestas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1981 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 244 Ernestas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Ernesta
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About the name Ernesta
Ernesta is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 244 births in the dataset. Ernesta's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #2,519. Use the chart and map above to compare Ernesta'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 .
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