Erna
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #13,464 · Last seen for boys in 1921 at #3,869
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1898 · 135 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,060since 1880
Erna over time
Rank among girls' names. Erna has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | — | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | — | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | — | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | — | |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | — | |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | — | |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | — | |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | — | |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | — | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | — | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | — | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | — | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | — | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | — | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,012 | 20 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,915 | 19 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,066 | 17 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,299 | 27 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,307 | 26 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,596 | 20 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,985 | 31 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,904 | 33 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,760 | 36 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,537 | 44 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,623 | 39 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,565 | 39 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,297 | 54 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,450 | 42 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,433 | 41 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,121 | 65 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,238 | 54 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,318 | 48 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,131 | 56 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,032 | 56 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,129 | 48 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,169 | 48 | — | |
| 1942 | #864 | 79 | — | |
| 1941 | #993 | 54 | — | |
| 1940 | #780 | 82 | — | |
| 1939 | #735 | 86 | — | |
| 1938 | #857 | 68 | — | |
| 1937 | #673 | 102 | — | |
| 1936 | #672 | 97 | — | |
| 1935 | #679 | 96 | — | |
| 1934 | #621 | 114 | — | |
| 1933 | #654 | 101 | — | |
| 1932 | #593 | 123 | — | |
| 1931 | #586 | 127 | — | |
| 1930 | #597 | 133 | — | |
| 1929 | #529 | 164 | — | |
| 1928 | #552 | 160 | — | |
| 1927 | #502 | 194 | — | |
| 1926 | #517 | 182 | — | |
| 1925 | #507 | 191 | — | |
| 1924 | #488 | 202 | — | |
| 1923 | #469 | 216 | — | |
| 1922 | #474 | 210 | — | |
| 1921 | #418 | 258 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #414 | 258 | — | |
| 1919 | #394 | 270 | — | |
| 1918 | #360 | 321 | — | |
| 1917 | #344 | 331 | — | |
| 1916 | #321 | 358 | — | |
| 1915 | #339 | 310 | — | |
| 1914 | #345 | 233 | — | |
| 1913 | #322 | 220 | — | |
| 1912 | #347 | 172 | — | |
| 1911 | #350 | 130 | — | |
| 1910 | #362 | 120 | — | |
| 1909 | #342 | 111 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #342 | 107 | — | |
| 1907 | #363 | 94 | — | |
| 1906 | #308 | 119 | — | |
| 1905 | #309 | 117 | — | |
| 1904 | #321 | 102 | — | |
| 1903 | #313 | 99 | — | |
| 1902 | #321 | 94 | — | |
| 1901 | #322 | 87 | — | |
| 1900 | #306 | 115 | — | |
| 1899 | #281 | 106 | — | |
| 1898 | #256 | 135 | — | |
| 1897 | #290 | 97 | — | |
| 1896 | #315 | 85 | — | |
| 1895 | #276 | 103 | — | |
| 1894 | #301 | 83 | — | |
| 1893 | #310 | 78 | — | |
| 1892 | #333 | 64 | — | |
| 1891 | #336 | 57 | — | |
| 1890 | #294 | 71 | — | |
| 1889 | #371 | 42 | — | |
| 1888 | #425 | 34 | — | |
| 1887 | #412 | 28 | — | |
| 1886 | #528 | 18 | — | |
| 1885 | #557 | 15 | — | |
| 1884 | #416 | 23 | — | |
| 1883 | #517 | 14 | — | |
| 1882 | #530 | 12 | — | |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 | — | |
| 1880 | #547 | 10 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Erna was already there! It came in at #547, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1978–1980, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Erna is popular in 1921
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#120 · 1 in 487
- Wisconsin#167 · 1 in 1,130
- South Dakota#225 · 1 in 1,364
- Minnesota#241 · 1 in 1,983
- Nebraska#250 · 1 in 1,625
Best ever in a state: #72 in Wisconsin, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #120 | 15 | 1 in 487 |
| Wisconsin | #167 | 23 | 1 in 1,130 |
| South Dakota | #225 | 5 | 1 in 1,364 |
| Minnesota | #241 | 12 | 1 in 1,983 |
| Nebraska | #250 | 8 | 1 in 1,625 |
| Illinois | #252 | 25 | 1 in 2,445 |
| Michigan | #265 | 15 | 1 in 2,622 |
| Maryland | #273 | 5 | 1 in 3,029 |
| Massachusetts | #292 | 9 | 1 in 4,108 |
| Kansas | #308 | 7 | 1 in 2,509 |
| Missouri | #325 | 12 | 1 in 2,689 |
| California | #349 | 10 | 1 in 3,048 |
| Ohio | #356 | 12 | 1 in 4,745 |
| Pennsylvania | #398 | 14 | 1 in 7,179 |
| New York | #416 | 14 | 1 in 7,208 |
| Texas | #461 | 18 | 1 in 3,271 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Erna
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 300 spots in 1882 (#830 → #530)
- Biggest drop: 305 spots in 1943 (#864 → #1,169)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1898 at #256 (135 births)
- Births halved by 1941, 43 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1880–1942
- Highest: 1 in 1,917 girls born in 1898 were named Erna (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 273,477 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
- 27.2% of all girls named Erna (2,465) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 201 | #371 (1889) | #513 |
| 1890s | 879 | #256 (1898) | #299 |
| 1900s | 1,045 | #306 (1900) | #325 |
| 1910s | 2,465 | #321 (1916) | #348 |
| 1920s | 2,035 | #414 (1920) | #487 |
| 1930s | 1,047 | #586 (1931) | #667 |
| 1940s | 590 | #780 (1940) | #1,078 |
| 1950s | 379 | #1,297 (1952) | #1,715 |
| 1960s | 181 | #2,299 (1961) | #3,092 |
| 1970s | 70 | #4,091 (1972) | #6,312 |
| 1980s | 19 | #8,047 (1983) | #8,856 |
| 1990s | 15 | #13,317 (1992) | #13,749 |
| 2000s | 95 | #7,317 (2001) | #10,906 |
| 2010s | 33 | #11,246 (2010) | #14,045 |
| 2020s | 6 | #13,464 (2021) | #13,464 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Erna in 1921
Top girls' names in 1921
Top boys' names in 1921
More about 1921
girls
1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 4,779 of them was named Erna, which outranked 92.9% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 183,575 of them was named Erna, which outranked 22.4% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).