Name meaning & stats
Earnest
Earnest means “serious, resolute” (Germanic origin). 27,994 US babies since 1940, peak 1947.
What it means
“serious, resolute”
GermanicForm of Ernest
In US birth records
Peak year: 1947
27,994 US babies were named Earnest between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Earnest (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 1947)