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 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#361 · 1 in 5,168
- Illinois#491 · 1 in 7,033
- New York#512 · 1 in 8,971
- California#614 · 1 in 8,321
- Texas#700 · 1 in 7,513
Best ever in a state: #72 in Wisconsin, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #361 | 5 | 1 in 5,168 |
| Illinois | #491 | 8 | 1 in 7,033 |
| New York | #512 | 10 | 1 in 8,971 |
| California | #614 | 6 | 1 in 8,321 |
| Texas | #700 | 8 | 1 in 7,513 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| 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 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
More about 1940
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1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 13,945 of them was named Erna, which outranked 84.5% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).