# Ernest name report

Canonical URL: https://babynameranks.com/name/m/ernest
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Ernest ranked #1040 officially for boys in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #1029.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #1040
- Birth count: 213
- Rate per 10,000: 1.25

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Ernest
- Rank: #1029
- Birth count: 213
- Rate per 10,000: 1.25
- Official count multiplier: 1.00x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.00
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.01
- Expected per school of 300: 0.02
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 0.6%

## Trend
- Label: past peak
- Peak rate year: 1895
- Best rank year: 1885
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 1.8%

## Spelling components
- Ernest: 213 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://babynameranks.com/methodology