The baby name Ernestine appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 1990. It was most popular in 1928 with 1,607 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Ernestine has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 209 |
| 1911 | 254 |
| 1912 | 393 |
| 1913 | 537 |
| 1914 | 588 |
| 1915 | 708 |
| 1916 | 875 |
| 1917 | 939 |
| 1918 | 1,056 |
| 1919 | 883 |
| 1920 | 1,018 |
| 1921 | 993 |
| 1922 | 1,103 |
| 1923 | 961 |
| 1924 | 1,087 |
| 1925 | 1,432 |
| 1926 | 1,408 |
| 1927 | 1,556 |
| 1928 | 1,607 |
| 1929 | 1,351 |
| 1930 | 1,471 |
| 1931 | 1,379 |
| 1932 | 1,312 |
| 1933 | 1,246 |
| 1934 | 1,180 |
| 1935 | 1,389 |
| 1936 | 1,120 |
| 1937 | 1,090 |
| 1938 | 1,035 |
| 1939 | 939 |
| 1940 | 972 |
| 1941 | 884 |
| 1942 | 900 |
| 1943 | 1,066 |
| 1944 | 854 |
| 1945 | 832 |
| 1946 | 847 |
| 1947 | 910 |
| 1948 | 858 |
| 1949 | 821 |
| 1950 | 836 |
| 1951 | 882 |
| 1952 | 883 |
| 1953 | 759 |
| 1954 | 668 |
| 1955 | 573 |
| 1956 | 624 |
| 1957 | 522 |
| 1958 | 530 |
| 1959 | 486 |
| 1960 | 502 |
| 1961 | 487 |
| 1962 | 475 |
| 1963 | 360 |
| 1964 | 334 |
| 1965 | 296 |
| 1966 | 249 |
| 1967 | 252 |
| 1968 | 190 |
| 1969 | 171 |
| 1970 | 199 |
| 1971 | 114 |
| 1972 | 99 |
| 1973 | 63 |
| 1974 | 41 |
| 1975 | 50 |
| 1976 | 15 |
| 1977 | 34 |
| 1978 | 22 |
| 1979 | 31 |
| 1980 | 13 |
| 1981 | 44 |
| 1982 | 18 |
| 1983 | 6 |
| 1984 | 14 |
| 1985 | 17 |
| 1987 | 18 |
| 1988 | 10 |
| 1990 | 16 |