Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Erna

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1916

Peak era

1916

Peak births

358

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19162025

Quick answers about Erna

An estimated 1,289 living Americans are named Erna.

Erna fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.

The median age of a living American named Erna is approximately 76 years, with most bearers falling between 63 and 86 years old.

Not especially. Erna has been declining since its 1916 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

Peak year

1916

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

9,060

Erna last appeared in SSA records in 2021. Across its recorded history, about 9,060 American girls received the name.

Erna peaked in 1916, when 358 girls were given the name.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2025 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

In all, the Social Security Administration has recorded about 9,060 Americans named Erna since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1916

Living profile

1,289

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age76

Core range63–86

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Steady Decline

A name with a broad middle and a downward recent trajectory.