Boy
Ernesto
Ernesto means "Italian/Spanish form of Ernest" and comes from Italian, giving it real etymological depth as a boy's name. It peaked back in the 1990s and has been gradually easing since. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. The registry counts around 42,511 U.S. births under this name going back to 1900.
ItalianItalian/Spanish form of Ernest
EtymologyMeaning "serious, resolute"
Births by decade
1900s
59
1910s
451
1920s
1,211
1930s
1,326
1940s
1,793
1950s
2,860
1960s
3,614
1970s
5,116
1980s
6,693
1990s
8,140
2000s
7,801
2010s
3,447
Peaked in the 1990s · 42,511 total U.S. births since 1900