How Many People Are Named Erna?
people named Erna are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 259,714 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,071 babies named Erna in Social Security records from 1880 to 2021, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
358 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Erna in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Erna alive today is about 69 years old, and 78% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 84 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Erna first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1916, to 358 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2021.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2021
🏆 Rank History
Erna has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #256, in 1898.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #256 (1898) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #348 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Erna alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Erna were born in New York than in any other state: about 84 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Erna was given 9.4 times as often in North Dakota, 5.7 times in Wisconsin and 4.7 times in South Dakota.
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