Ernesto
Top 1000
About Ernesto
A Latin classic, widely used here and abroad, though in the U.S. it has fallen on the charts in recent years.
Pronounced er-NES-to.
As of October 2026, Ernesto ranked #878 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #291 in 1981.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #650 | 405 | 210.8 |
| 2015 | #640 | 414 | 216 |
| 2016 | #685 | 363 | 191.3 |
| 2017 | #707 | 346 | 186.9 |
| 2018 | #727 | 330 | 181.7 |
| 2019 | #773 | 304 | 169.4 |
| 2020 | #792 | 293 | 169.7 |
| 2021 | #893 | 257 | 146.9 |
| 2022 | #863 | 279 | 159.8 |
| 2023 | #868 | 271 | 158.4 |
| 2024 | #896 | 262 | 152.1 |
| 2025 | #878 | 272 | 159.2 |
World rankings
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Ernesto on lists
Famous Ernestos
- Ernesto Antonio "Tito" Puente
American mambo musician and bandleader
- Ernesto "Che" Guevara
Argentine,born Cuban revolutionary
- Ernesto Zedillo (Ponce de León)
54th President of Mexico
- Ernesto Pérez Balladares
former President of Panama
- Ernesto Samper
29th President of Colombia
- Ernesto Alonso
Mexican TV producer
- Ernesto Nathan Rogers
Italian architect
- Ernesto Nathan
Anglo,Italian politciian; Mayor of Rome
- Ernesto Beckmann Geisel
29th President of Brazil
- Ernesto Sabato
Argentine novelist and essayist
- Ernesto Valverde
Spanish footballer and coach
- Ernesto Teodoro Moneta
Italian journalist and revolutionary; winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
Ernesto in pop culture
- Ernesto
character in Donizetti's "Don Pasquale"
- Maximilian Alanzo Ernesto "Max" Russo
character on TV's "Wizards of Waverly Place"
- Uncle Ernesto
character on TV's "Wizards of Waverly Place"