Name meaning & stats
Ernie
Ernie means “serious, resolute” (Germanic origin). 13,648 US babies since 1940, peak 1959.
What it means
“serious, resolute”
GermanicPet form of Ernest
In US birth records
Peak year: 1959
13,648 US babies were named Ernie between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Ernie (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 1959)