The name Earnest is of German origin, and means earnestness.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Earnest has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Earnest
Use of the Name Earnest for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
56,615
13,119
2,400
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Earnest has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Earnest last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1992, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Earnest
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
154
88
1881
132
92
1882
134
104
1883
149
87
1884
132
109
1885
113
120
1886
132
105
1887
129
99
1888
118
138
1889
145
101
1890
120
122
1891
120
115
1892
116
149
1893
121
132
1894
119
131
1895
118
143
1896
124
144
1897
116
148
1898
114
161
1899
114
146
1900
106
223
1901
127
131
1902
121
159
1903
134
140
1904
110
189
1905
125
172
1906
117
183
1907
107
225
1908
111
231
1909
108
253
1910
128
255
1911
125
283
1912
132
486
1913
144
518
1914
147
640
1915
143
825
1916
155
780
1917
143
925
1918
142
1,085
1919
139
1,065
1920
139
1,098
1921
140
1,123
1922
143
1,089
1923
146
1,064
1924
144
1,148
1925
149
1,093
1926
145
1,155
1927
148
1,059
1928
153
1,043
1929
155
991
1930
153
994
1931
163
904
1932
169
873
1933
165
860
1934
161
923
1935
163
879
1936
169
815
1937
174
829
1938
175
827
1939
177
806
1940
183
801
1941
185
808
1942
188
837
1943
177
936
1944
180
896
1945
188
811
1946
203
839
1947
203
972
1948
211
895
1949
213
875
1950
213
889
1951
236
805
1952
234
806
1953
239
781
1954
250
770
1955
267
700
1956
272
721
1957
302
633
1958
299
631
1959
326
561
1960
320
593
1961
344
522
1962
354
499
1963
363
467
1964
392
415
1965
367
443
1966
368
423
1967
386
382
1968
394
389
1969
409
379
1970
415
383
1971
423
363
1972
434
333
1973
447
305
1974
473
281
1975
473
285
1976
469
281
1977
502
264
1978
564
220
1979
544
246
1980
539
251
1981
555
234
1982
533
256
1983
583
210
1984
654
174
1985
656
178
1986
641
195
1987
698
170
1988
756
157
1989
762
169
1990
850
144
1991
938
127
1992
907
135
Totals:
56,615
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Earnest as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Earnest appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 113 times during the last 125 years.