Quick answers about Erna
How many people are named Erna?
An estimated 866 living Americans are named Erna.
How rare is Erna?
Erna fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Erna?
The median age of a living American named Erna is approximately 70 years, with most bearers falling between 55 and 78 years old.
Is Erna still popular?
Not especially. Erna has been declining since its 1916 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Erna most common?
Erna has its strongest geographic signal in North Dakota, where it appears 11.2× more often than the national baseline.
1880Peak 19162025
Where it lives now
Erna is most concentrated in North Dakota — about 11.2× the national rate in the 1920s.
States where Erna is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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