Erna is an uncommon variant of Erin that peaked in 1916 and has since faded.
Erna is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2021. Erna was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1916 (358 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | #14,017 | — |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 | #16,625 | — |
| 2016 | 6 | 6 | #14,906 | — |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | #17,384 | — |
| 2012 | 8 | 8 | #12,589 | — |
| 2010 | 9 | 9 | #11,565 | — |
| 2009 | 6 | 6 | #15,863 | — |
| 2008 | 8 | 8 | #12,974 | — |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 | #14,378 | — |
| 2006 | 7 | 7 | #14,041 | — |
| 2005 | 11 | 11 | #9,658 | — |
| 2004 | 10 | 10 | #10,154 | — |
| 2003 | 11 | 11 | #9,248 | — |
| 2002 | 11 | 11 | #9,040 | — |
| 2001 | 14 | 14 | #7,439 | — |
| 2000 | 10 | 10 | #9,386 | — |
| 1999 | 5 | 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 | 264 | — | #419 | #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 | 116 | — | #342 | #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 | — |