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Ernestina

Ernestina is a girl's name meaning "serious, resolute". It was at its most popular in the 1930s and is rarely chosen now. As things stand now, it is a rare find in the registry. It has appeared in U.S. birth records in nearly every decade since 1900, a genuinely long run.

EtymologyVariant of Ernestine
EtymologyMeaning "serious, resolute"
Births by decade
1900s
25
1910s
198
1920s
670
1930s
769
1940s
745
1950s
769
1960s
614
1970s
562
1980s
425
1990s
268
2000s
147
2010s
61
Peaked in the 1930s · 5,253 total U.S. births since 1900