Meaning not yet researched.
Erna: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #256 in 1898.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US girls were given it in 2025. It peaked at #256 in 1898. No US babies were recorded with the name Erna in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US girls in 2025; it peaked at #256 in 1898.
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Erna: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 girls in 2025. Peak: #256 in 1898 · most girls in one year: 358 (1916).
Fewer than five US girls were named Erna in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #256, reached in 1898. The most girls given the name in a single year was 358, in 1916. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #1,436 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Erna in 120 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 10 babies. In all, 9,071 US babies have been given the name, 99.8% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1910s, with 2,465 babies named Erna.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 17 US girls were named Erna; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 6.
Rarer spellings such as Arna, Irna and Earna are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, Latvian and Slovene. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Arna (624), Irna (25), Earna (21).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Erna in the open dataset we use.
Erna is listed as a nickname for Ernestine.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | #14,017 | — | — |
| 2017 | 5 | #16,625 | — | — |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,906 | — | — |
| 2013 | 5 | #17,384 | — | — |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,589 | — | — |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,565 | — | — |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,863 | — | — |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,974 | — | — |
| 2007 | 7 | #14,378 | — | — |
| 2006 | 7 | #14,041 | — | — |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,658 | — | — |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,154 | — | — |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,248 | — | — |
| 2002 | 11 | #9,040 | — | — |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,439 | — | — |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,386 | — | — |
| 1999 | 5 | #15,157 | — | — |
| 1996 | 5 | #14,203 | — | — |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,966 | — | — |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,303 | — | — |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,385 | — | — |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,860 | — | — |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,770 | — | — |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,198 | — | — |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,300 | — | — |
| 1974 | 7 | #7,119 | — | — |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,709 | — | — |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,150 | — | — |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,627 | — | — |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,158 | — | — |
| 1969 | 20 | #3,043 | — | — |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,213 | — | — |
| 1967 | 18 | #2,994 | — | — |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,281 | — | — |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,605 | — | — |
| 1964 | 19 | #2,939 | — | — |
| 1963 | 17 | #3,106 | — | — |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,475 | — | — |
| 1961 | 27 | #2,312 | — | — |
| 1960 | 26 | #2,327 | — | — |
| 1959 | 20 | #2,619 | — | — |
| 1958 | 31 | #1,996 | — | — |
| 1957 | 33 | #1,908 | — | — |
| 1956 | 36 | #1,766 | — | — |
| 1955 | 44 | #1,545 | — | — |
| 1954 | 39 | #1,627 | — | — |
| 1953 | 39 | #1,569 | — | — |
| 1952 | 54 | #1,303 | — | — |
| 1951 | 42 | #1,454 | — | — |
| 1950 | 41 | #1,436 | — | — |
| 1949 | 65 | #1,124 | — | — |
| 1948 | 54 | #1,242 | — | — |
| 1947 | 48 | #1,321 | — | — |
| 1946 | 56 | #1,136 | — | — |
| 1945 | 56 | #1,037 | — | — |
| 1944 | 48 | #1,132 | — | — |
| 1943 | 48 | #1,172 | — | — |
| 1942 | 79 | #864 | — | — |
| 1941 | 54 | #995 | — | — |
| 1940 | 82 | #781 | — | — |
| 1939 | 86 | #735 | — | — |
| 1938 | 68 | #858 | — | — |
| 1937 | 102 | #674 | — | — |
| 1936 | 97 | #673 | — | — |
| 1935 | 96 | #681 | — | — |
| 1934 | 114 | #622 | — | — |
| 1933 | 101 | #655 | — | — |
| 1932 | 123 | #596 | — | — |
| 1931 | 127 | #587 | — | — |
| 1930 | 133 | #597 | — | — |
| 1929 | 164 | #530 | — | — |
| 1928 | 160 | #552 | — | — |
| 1927 | 194 | #503 | — | — |
| 1926 | 182 | #519 | — | — |
| 1925 | 191 | #508 | — | — |
| 1924 | 202 | #489 | — | — |
| 1923 | 216 | #469 | — | — |
| 1922 | 210 | #474 | — | — |
| 1921 | 258 | #419 | 6 | #4,018 |
| 1920 | 258 | #414 | — | — |
| 1919 | 270 | #394 | — | — |
| 1918 | 321 | #360 | — | — |
| 1917 | 331 | #345 | — | — |
| 1916 | 358 | #321 | — | — |
| 1915 | 310 | #339 | — | — |
| 1914 | 233 | #345 | — | — |
| 1913 | 220 | #322 | — | — |
| 1912 | 172 | #348 | — | — |
| 1911 | 130 | #350 | — | — |
| 1910 | 120 | #362 | — | — |
| 1909 | 111 | #342 | 5 | #1,525 |
| 1908 | 107 | #342 | — | — |
| 1907 | 94 | #364 | — | — |
| 1906 | 119 | #308 | — | — |
| 1905 | 117 | #311 | — | — |
| 1904 | 102 | #322 | — | — |
| 1903 | 99 | #313 | — | — |
| 1902 | 94 | #321 | — | — |
| 1901 | 87 | #323 | — | — |
| 1900 | 115 | #308 | — | — |
| 1899 | 106 | #282 | — | — |
| 1898 | 135 | #256 | — | — |
| 1897 | 97 | #292 | — | — |
| 1896 | 85 | #315 | — | — |
| 1895 | 103 | #276 | — | — |
| 1894 | 83 | #303 | — | — |
| 1893 | 78 | #310 | — | — |
| 1892 | 64 | #333 | — | — |
| 1891 | 57 | #336 | — | — |
| 1890 | 71 | #295 | — | — |
| 1889 | 42 | #373 | — | — |
| 1888 | 34 | #427 | — | — |
| 1887 | 28 | #412 | — | — |
| 1886 | 18 | #531 | — | — |
| 1885 | 15 | #561 | — | — |
| 1884 | 23 | #417 | — | — |
| 1883 | 14 | #528 | — | — |
| 1882 | 12 | #539 | — | — |
| 1881 | 5 | #863 | — | — |
| 1880 | 10 | #557 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).