ERNEST is ranked as the 240th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 274,920.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 86.22 people named ERNEST for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named ERNEST is 144,153.
The SSA data also shows that ERNEST is used as a boy's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
ERNEST is
72.3% White,
10.0% Hispanic origin,
13.8% Black,
1.7% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name ERNEST have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name ERNEST is included in the following name categories:
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Masculine given name
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Polish masculine given name
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name ERNEST
The state with the most people named
ERNEST is
California where
28,333 people have this name.
New Mexico is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named ERNEST, as
197.88 in every 100,000
New Mexicans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
New Mexico is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Wisconsin
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name ERNEST
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
9,886
76.75
99.5%
Indiana
6,435
97.54
99.3%
Iowa
1,645
52.95
98.5%
Kansas
2,785
95.89
98.6%
Michigan
7,795
78.66
99.6%
Minnesota
2,641
48.4
99.0%
Missouri
3,118
104.13
98.9%
Nebraska
1,662
88.35
97.9%
North Dakota
716
96.78
95.4%
Ohio
11,555
99.66
99.5%
South Dakota
575
67.37
94.5%
Wisconsin
2,750
47.77
99.0%
West States
State stats for the first name ERNEST
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
589
79.99
94.8%
Arizona
6,743
100.17
99.2%
California
28,333
73.02
99.8%
Colorado
5,234
97.72
99.2%
Hawaii
1,752
123.42
99.2%
Idaho
1,530
93.63
97.8%
Montana
933
91.2
96.6%
Nevada
2,476
87.22
98.8%
New Mexico
4,127
197.88
99.2%
Oregon
3,668
92.38
98.9%
Utah
1,988
67.54
98.2%
Washington
4,526
64.09
99.4%
Wyoming
569
97.38
95.3%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name ERNEST
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
1,943
54.01
98.6%
Maine
896
67.39
96.4%
Massachusetts
3,917
58.06
98.9%
New Hampshire
747
56.34
96.4%
New Jersey
5,494
61.46
99.3%
New York
14,248
72.15
99.7%
Pennsylvania
12,633
98.8
99.6%
Rhode Island
802
76.01
97.3%
Vermont
894
142.64
98.1%
South States
State stats for the first name ERNEST
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have ERNEST as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named ERNEST.
The most popular full name is ERNEST Smith.
0.90% of all the people named ERNEST
have this family name.
There are 21930 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name ERNEST