The baby name Earnest appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2019. It was most popular in 1926 with 1,728 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Earnest has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 343 |
| 1911 | 366 |
| 1912 | 559 |
| 1913 | 583 |
| 1914 | 739 |
| 1915 | 920 |
| 1916 | 1,001 |
| 1917 | 1,261 |
| 1918 | 12 |
| 1918 | 1,524 |
| 1919 | 1,494 |
| 1920 | 1,483 |
| 1921 | 1,617 |
| 1922 | 5 |
| 1922 | 1,499 |
| 1923 | 5 |
| 1923 | 1,477 |
| 1924 | 1,608 |
| 1925 | 1,513 |
| 1926 | 1,728 |
| 1927 | 1,394 |
| 1928 | 1,417 |
| 1929 | 5 |
| 1929 | 1,325 |
| 1930 | 1,716 |
| 1931 | 1,371 |
| 1932 | 1,052 |
| 1933 | 1,048 |
| 1934 | 1,158 |
| 1935 | 1,093 |
| 1936 | 5 |
| 1936 | 978 |
| 1937 | 977 |
| 1938 | 5 |
| 1938 | 937 |
| 1939 | 6 |
| 1939 | 1,005 |
| 1940 | 1,070 |
| 1941 | 6 |
| 1941 | 1,027 |
| 1942 | 1,051 |
| 1943 | 5 |
| 1943 | 1,190 |
| 1944 | 1,073 |
| 1945 | 7 |
| 1945 | 1,012 |
| 1946 | 1,021 |
| 1947 | 1,249 |
| 1948 | 1,264 |
| 1949 | 6 |
| 1949 | 1,143 |
| 1950 | 5 |
| 1950 | 1,174 |
| 1951 | 931 |
| 1952 | 1,003 |
| 1953 | 1,034 |
| 1954 | 847 |
| 1955 | 1,015 |
| 1956 | 996 |
| 1957 | 845 |
| 1958 | 881 |
| 1959 | 689 |
| 1960 | 6 |
| 1960 | 722 |
| 1961 | 649 |
| 1962 | 633 |
| 1963 | 616 |
| 1964 | 533 |
| 1965 | 622 |
| 1966 | 538 |
| 1967 | 5 |
| 1967 | 466 |
| 1968 | 470 |
| 1969 | 454 |
| 1970 | 430 |
| 1971 | 427 |
| 1972 | 346 |
| 1973 | 334 |
| 1974 | 283 |
| 1975 | 279 |
| 1976 | 324 |
| 1977 | 289 |
| 1978 | 207 |
| 1979 | 300 |
| 1980 | 302 |
| 1981 | 265 |
| 1982 | 268 |
| 1983 | 228 |
| 1984 | 146 |
| 1985 | 165 |
| 1986 | 164 |
| 1987 | 142 |
| 1988 | 123 |
| 1989 | 143 |
| 1990 | 118 |
| 1991 | 120 |
| 1992 | 109 |
| 1993 | 72 |
| 1994 | 88 |
| 1995 | 68 |
| 1996 | 68 |
| 1997 | 79 |
| 1998 | 64 |
| 1999 | 44 |
| 2000 | 29 |
| 2001 | 70 |
| 2002 | 16 |
| 2003 | 20 |
| 2004 | 10 |
| 2005 | 38 |
| 2006 | 61 |
| 2007 | 20 |
| 2008 | 23 |
| 2009 | 21 |
| 2010 | 7 |
| 2011 | 34 |
| 2012 | 18 |
| 2015 | 10 |
| 2018 | 25 |
| 2019 | 10 |