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Ernest

Mostly a boy name · 1% girls / 99% boys since 1880

All-time babies

304,354

since 1880

Boys rank, 2025

#1038

213 babies

Peak year (boys)

1921

5,697 babies, #38

Letters

6

2 syllables

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