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Ernesto

Boy's name · #878 in the US (2025) · 90s wave

Popularity over time

Ernesto reached its best rank, #291, in 1981 and ranked #878 in 2025. About 45,000 boys have carried it since 1889.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 14 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#189 in Mexico (2024) · #240 in Italy (2024) · #547 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,148 in Switzerland (2025) · #4,129 in France (2025) · #4,275 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,140 in Sweden (2024) · #2,381 in Austria (2024) · #3,072 in Canada (2024) · #812 in Poland (2023) · #269 in Puerto Rico (2022) · #1,391 in Belgium (2020).

Famous Ernestos

• Ernesto Sabato — Argentine writer and physicist (1911–2011)
• Ernesto Teodoro Moneta — Italian journalist, revolutionary soldier and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1833–1918)
• Ernesto Valverde — Spanish football manager (born 1964)
• Ernesto Zedillo — President of Mexico from 1994 to 2000 (born 1951)
• Ernesto Geisel — President of Brazil from 1974 to 1979 (1907–1996)
• Ernesto Samper — President of Colombia from 1994 to 1998 (born 1950)
• Ernesto Laclau — Argentine philosopher and political theorist (1935–2014)
• Ernesto Cardenal — Nicaraguan Catholic priest, poet, and politician (1925–2020)
• Ernesto Mascheroni — Uruguayan footballer (1907–1984)

In stories & tradition

• Ernesto — Operatic character in the opera Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti; Pasquale's nephew

What Ernestos become

Among 1,745 notable people named Ernesto:

No single standout — notable Ernestos spread across many fields.

Similar names: Ernest · Alfredo · Hernan · Alberto · Guillermo · Gilberto

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