Erna
Girl · ER-na · Germanic
Erna is a girls' name of Germanic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Erna mean?
Germanic: German and Scandinavian name, linked to Ernest or to Old Norse Erna
In the Norse poem Rígsthula, Erna is the wife of Jarl, ancestor of the nobility.
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Is Erna a girl's or a boy's name?
Erna is a girls' name.
How popular is Erna in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1916, with 358 girls.
Half of all the girls named Erna in the US since 1880 were born between 1911 and 1931, the years shaded on the chart below.
Erna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 20 | #3,011 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,168 |
| 1967 | 18 | #2,963 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 19 | #2,914 |
| 1963 | 17 | #3,065 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,437 |
| 1961 | 27 | #2,298 |
| 1960 | 26 | #2,306 |
| 1959 | 20 | #2,595 |
| 1958 | 31 | #1,984 |
| 1957 | 33 | #1,903 |
| 1956 | 36 | #1,759 |
| 1955 | 44 | #1,536 |
| 1954 | 39 | #1,622 |
| 1953 | 39 | #1,564 |
| 1952 | 54 | #1,296 |
| 1951 | 42 | #1,449 |
| 1950 | 41 | #1,432 |
| 1949 | 65 | #1,120 |
| 1948 | 54 | #1,237 |
| 1947 | 48 | #1,317 |
| 1946 | 56 | #1,130 |
| 1945 | 56 | #1,032 |
| 1944 | 48 | #1,128 |
| 1943 | 48 | #1,168 |
| 1942 | 79 | #864 |
| 1941 | 54 | #993 |
| 1940 | 82 | #780 |
| 1939 | 86 | #735 |
| 1938 | 68 | #857 |
| 1937 | 102 | #673 |
| 1936 | 97 | #672 |
| 1935 | 96 | #679 |
| 1934 | 114 | #621 |
| 1933 | 101 | #654 |
| 1932 | 123 | #593 |
| 1931 | 127 | #586 |
| 1930 | 133 | #597 |
| 1929 | 164 | #529 |
| 1928 | 160 | #552 |
| 1927 | 194 | #502 |
| 1926 | 182 | #517 |
| 1925 | 191 | #507 |
| 1924 | 202 | #488 |
| 1923 | 216 | #469 |
| 1922 | 210 | #474 |
| 1921 | 258 | #418 |
| 1920 | 258 | #414 |
| 1919 | 270 | #394 |
| 1918 | 321 | #360 |
| 1917 | 331 | #344 |
| 1916 | 358 | #321 |
| 1915 | 310 | #339 |
| 1914 | 233 | #345 |
| 1913 | 220 | #322 |
| 1912 | 172 | #347 |
| 1911 | 130 | #350 |
| 1910 | 120 | #362 |
| 1909 | 111 | #342 |
| 1908 | 107 | #342 |
| 1907 | 94 | #363 |
| 1906 | 119 | #308 |
| 1905 | 117 | #309 |
| 1904 | 102 | #321 |
| 1903 | 99 | #313 |
| 1902 | 94 | #321 |
| 1901 | 87 | #322 |
| 1900 | 115 | #306 |
| 1899 | 106 | #281 |
| 1898 | 135 | #256 |
| 1897 | 97 | #290 |
| 1896 | 85 | #315 |
| 1895 | 103 | #276 |
| 1894 | 83 | #301 |
| 1893 | 78 | #310 |
| 1892 | 64 | #333 |
| 1891 | 57 | #336 |
| 1890 | 71 | #294 |
| 1889 | 42 | #371 |
| 1888 | 34 | #425 |
| 1887 | 28 | #412 |
| 1886 | 18 | #528 |
| 1885 | 15 | #557 |
| 1884 | 23 | #416 |
| 1883 | 14 | #517 |
| 1882 | 12 | #530 |
| 1881 | 5 | #830 |
| 1880 | 10 | #547 |
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