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How popular is “Ernst” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ernst” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ernst” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Ernst” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Ernst” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Ernst” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Ernst” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ernst” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 9 0.000044669 9 -100%
1881 12 0.000062277 12 -100%
1882 7 0.000031598 7 -100%
1883 16 0.000073751 16 -100%
1884 14 0.000057504 14 -100%
1885 19 0.000078886 19 -100%
1886 8 0.000031334 8 -100%
1887 10 0.000040422 10 -100%
1888 12 0.00004007 12 -100%
1889 10 0.000034609 10 -100%
1890 9 0.000029861 9 -100%
1891 7 0.000024418 7 -100%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 -100%
1893 12 0.000036898 12 -100%
1894 15 0.000044288 15 -100%
1895 13 0.000037035 13 -100%
1896 9 0.000025176 9 -100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1898 14 0.000036702 14 -100%
1899 6 0.000017687 6 -100%
1900 9 0.000019989 9 -100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 -100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 -100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 -100%
1905 8 0.000018871 8 -100%
1906 14 0.000032676 14 -100%
1908 11 0.000022511 11 -100%
1909 10 0.000019561 10 -100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 -100%
1911 10 0.000015521 10 -100%
1912 21 0.000021254 21 -100%
1913 29 0.000025503 29 -100%
1914 37 0.000026124 37 -100%
1915 48 0.000026195 48 -100%
1916 55 0.000028432 55 -100%
1917 59 0.000029401 59 -100%
1918 54 0.000024872 54 -100%
1919 51 0.000024168 51 -100%
1920 43 0.000019004 43 -100%
1921 43 0.000018419 43 -100%
1922 33 0.000014416 33 -100%
1923 19 0.000008252 19 -100%
1924 36 0.000015116 36 -100%
1925 43 0.000018429 43 -100%
1926 43 0.000018729 43 -100%
1927 31 0.000013366 31 -100%
1928 33 0.000014596 33 -100%
1929 26 0.00001186 26 -100%
1930 38 0.000017092 38 -100%
1931 29 0.000013781 29 -100%
1932 24 0.000011367 24 -100%
1933 32 0.000016004 32 -100%
1934 28 0.000013482 28 -100%
1935 31 0.000014833 31 -100%
1936 23 0.000011071 23 -100%
1937 26 0.000012203 26 -100%
1938 27 0.000012203 27 -100%
1939 23 0.000010438 23 -100%
1940 25 0.000010857 25 -100%
1941 22 0.00000903 22 -100%
1942 24 0.000008785 24 -100%
1943 18 0.000006377 18 -100%
1944 21 0.000007806 21 -100%
1945 15 0.000005654 15 -100%
1946 17 0.00000532 17 -100%
1947 19 0.000005274 19 -100%
1948 24 0.000006951 24 -100%
1949 17 0.000004878 17 -100%
1950 20 0.000005709 20 -100%
1951 14 0.0000038 14 -100%
1952 25 0.000006582 25 -100%
1953 24 0.000006228 24 -100%
1954 20 0.000005024 20 -100%
1955 20 0.000004981 20 -100%
1956 21 0.000005093 21 -100%
1957 19 0.000004522 19 -100%
1958 21 0.00000508 21 -100%
1959 24 0.000005772 24 -100%
1960 13 0.00000313 13 -100%
1961 21 0.00000507 21 -100%
1962 23 0.0000057 23 -100%
1963 17 0.000004295 17 -100%
1964 23 0.000005916 23 -100%
1965 21 0.000005792 21 -100%
1966 19 0.000005467 19 -100%
1967 21 0.000006186 21 -100%
1968 11 0.000003256 11 -100%
1969 13 0.000003741 13 -100%
1970 22 0.0000061 22 -100%
1971 20 0.000005827 20 -100%
1972 14 0.000004454 14 -100%
1973 19 0.000006298 19 -100%
1974 13 0.000004276 13 -100%
1975 13 0.000004305 13 -100%
1976 14 0.000004614 14 -100%
1977 10 0.000003148 10 -100%
1978 17 0.000005356 17 -100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 -100%
1980 11 0.000003193 11 -100%
1981 18 0.000005203 18 -100%
1982 21 0.000005986 21 -100%
1983 13 0.000003754 13 -100%
1984 12 0.00000344 12 -100%
1985 22 0.000006164 22 -100%
1986 18 0.00000506 18 -100%
1987 14 0.000003883 14 -100%
1988 15 0.000004059 15 -100%
1989 18 0.000004682 18 -100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 -100%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 -100%
1992 10 0.000002603 10 -100%
1993 10 0.000002652 10 -100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 -100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 -100%
1996 10 0.000002742 10 -100%
1997 11 0.000003034 11 -100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 -100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 -100%
2000 9 0.000002381 9 -100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 -100%
2002 7 0.000001873 7 -100%
2004 10 0.000002617 10 -100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 -100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 -100%
2008 8 0.000002035 8 -100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 -100%
2016 6 0.000001635 6 -100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 -100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 -100%

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