The baby name Ernie appears in baby name data for the United States from 1913 to 2009. It was most popular in 1957 with 458 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Ernie has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1913 | 18 |
| 1915 | 22 |
| 1916 | 5 |
| 1916 | 20 |
| 1917 | 21 |
| 1918 | 24 |
| 1919 | 7 |
| 1919 | 28 |
| 1920 | 27 |
| 1921 | 74 |
| 1922 | 10 |
| 1923 | 41 |
| 1924 | 56 |
| 1925 | 61 |
| 1926 | 67 |
| 1927 | 24 |
| 1928 | 5 |
| 1928 | 12 |
| 1929 | 68 |
| 1930 | 24 |
| 1931 | 31 |
| 1932 | 65 |
| 1933 | 5 |
| 1933 | 60 |
| 1934 | 60 |
| 1935 | 98 |
| 1936 | 96 |
| 1937 | 106 |
| 1938 | 135 |
| 1939 | 137 |
| 1940 | 118 |
| 1941 | 117 |
| 1942 | 115 |
| 1943 | 201 |
| 1944 | 228 |
| 1945 | 396 |
| 1946 | 343 |
| 1947 | 350 |
| 1948 | 306 |
| 1949 | 357 |
| 1950 | 322 |
| 1951 | 316 |
| 1952 | 310 |
| 1953 | 268 |
| 1954 | 210 |
| 1955 | 340 |
| 1956 | 348 |
| 1957 | 458 |
| 1958 | 437 |
| 1959 | 423 |
| 1960 | 432 |
| 1961 | 350 |
| 1962 | 382 |
| 1963 | 304 |
| 1964 | 242 |
| 1965 | 192 |
| 1966 | 203 |
| 1967 | 192 |
| 1968 | 130 |
| 1969 | 173 |
| 1970 | 153 |
| 1971 | 170 |
| 1972 | 69 |
| 1973 | 113 |
| 1974 | 65 |
| 1975 | 37 |
| 1976 | 96 |
| 1977 | 62 |
| 1978 | 41 |
| 1979 | 37 |
| 1980 | 44 |
| 1981 | 57 |
| 1982 | 22 |
| 1983 | 13 |
| 1984 | 26 |
| 1985 | 15 |
| 1986 | 23 |
| 1987 | 18 |
| 1988 | 21 |
| 1989 | 17 |
| 1990 | 15 |
| 1991 | 27 |
| 1992 | 32 |
| 1993 | 15 |
| 1995 | 5 |
| 1996 | 15 |
| 1998 | 21 |
| 2000 | 5 |
| 2005 | 5 |
| 2007 | 7 |
| 2008 | 6 |
| 2009 | 5 |