Erna

Girl · recorded 1880–2021

  • 2021last recorded
  • 1898best year

Most popular in 1898.

Last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

026152218801915195119862021

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 120 recorded years as a table
Erna, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880110
188154
1882111
1883125
1884178
1885113
1886125
1887192
1888190
1889235
1890373
1891307
1892301
1893366
1894372
1895441
1896357
1897414
1898522
1899455
1900384
1901363
1902356
1903378
1904370
1905401
1906403
1907295
1908320
1909320
1910303
1911311
1912308
1913352
1914306
1915315
1916343
1917306
1918277
1919239
1920215
1921209
1922175
1923179
1924162
1925157
1926154
1927163
1928139
1929147
1930118
1931119
1932115
1933100
1934109
193592
193693
193796
193862
193978
194072
194145
194258
194334
194436
194543
194636
194727
194832
194938
195024
195123
195229
195321
195420
195523
195618
195716
195815
195910
196013
196113
19627
19639
196410
19657
19666
196711
196810
196912
19706
19717
19729
19734
19745
19754
19766
19774
19803
19814
19834
19923
19963
19993
20006
20018
20026
20036
20045
20056
20064
20074
20084
20093
20105
20125
20133
20163
20173
20214

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Erna isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Erna

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2021
6
Rank in 2021
#13,464
How rare
1 in 273,476 girls
Since 1880
9,060

Erna was last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1898, at 522 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Erna doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.