first name
ERNA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,768 people named Erna, 73.2% reported their origin as White, 10.2% as Black and 9.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Erna peaked in 1916, when 358 babies got the name.
At least 9,071 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Erna by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #472. The largest share of babies named Erna, 56.4%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Erna is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Erna has been most common in North Dakota (17×), South Dakota (7.6×), and Wisconsin (6.4×), and least common in California (0.3×).
4,424 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Exactly as common as Erna
2 other first names also have 3,768 people.
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6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Erna, most common first.
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