Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Erna

#1,733 most common girls' name of all time · #2,979 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2021

Rank among girls
#1,733
Rank overall
#2,979 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
120 of 146
All-time
9,071
Since 2016
17
Peak year
1916 #321
Best rank
#257 1898
Girls Boys peak 358/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Erna is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2021 6 — 6 #13,469
2017 5 — 5 #15,911
2016 6 — 6 #14,337
2013 5 — 5 #16,560
2012 8 — 8 #12,209
2010 9 — 9 #11,252
2009 6 — 6 #15,251
2008 8 — 8 #12,586
2007 7 — 7 #13,930
2006 7 — 7 #13,621
2005 11 — 11 #9,455
2004 10 — 10 #9,899
2003 11 — 11 #9,055
2002 11 — 11 #8,841
2001 14 — 14 #7,322
2000 10 — 10 #9,168
1999 5 — 5 #14,417
1996 5 — 5 #13,531
1992 5 — 5 #13,323
1983 7 — 7 #8,054
1981 7 — 7 #8,140
1980 5 — 5 #10,405
1977 6 — 6 #8,451
1976 9 — 9 #6,053
1975 6 — 6 #7,992
1974 7 — 7 #6,908
1973 6 — 6 #7,439
1972 14 — 14 #4,091
1971 12 — 12 #4,537
1970 10 — 10 #5,065
1969 20 — 20 #3,017
1968 17 — 17 #3,179
1967 18 — 18 #2,967
1966 10 — 10 #4,206
1965 13 — 13 #3,556
1964 19 — 19 #2,919
1963 17 — 17 #3,072
1962 14 — 14 #3,441
1961 27 — 27 #2,301
1960 26 — 26 #2,310
1959 20 — 20 #2,597
1958 31 — 31 #1,988
1957 33 — 33 #1,905
1956 36 — 36 #1,763
1955 44 — 44 #1,541
1954 39 — 39 #1,624
1953 39 — 39 #1,566
1952 54 — 54 #1,299
1951 42 — 42 #1,450
1950 41 — 41 #1,436
1949 65 — 65 #1,124
1948 54 — 54 #1,241
1947 48 — 48 #1,322
1946 56 — 56 #1,132
1945 56 — 56 #1,033
1944 48 — 48 #1,131
1943 48 — 48 #1,172
1942 79 — 79 #866
1941 54 — 54 #993
1940 82 — 82 #781
1939 86 — 86 #736
1938 68 — 68 #859
1937 102 — 102 #674
1936 97 — 97 #672
1935 96 — 96 #681
1934 114 — 114 #622
1933 101 — 101 #654
1932 123 — 123 #594
1931 127 — 127 #587
1930 133 — 133 #598
1929 164 — 164 #530
1928 160 — 160 #552
1927 194 — 194 #502
1926 182 — 182 #518
1925 191 — 191 #508
1924 202 — 202 #488
1923 216 — 216 #469
1922 210 — 210 #474
1921 258 6 264 #418
1920 258 — 258 #414
1919 270 — 270 #394
1918 321 — 321 #360
1917 331 — 331 #345
1916 358 — 358 #321
1915 310 — 310 #339
1914 233 — 233 #345
1913 220 — 220 #322
1912 172 — 172 #348
1911 130 — 130 #352
1910 120 — 120 #362
1909 111 5 116 #342
1908 107 — 107 #342
1907 94 — 94 #364
1906 119 — 119 #309
1905 117 — 117 #311
1904 102 — 102 #322
1903 99 — 99 #314
1902 94 — 94 #322
1901 87 — 87 #324
1900 115 — 115 #307
1899 106 — 106 #283
1898 135 — 135 #257
1897 97 — 97 #294
1896 85 — 85 #315
1895 103 — 103 #277
1894 83 — 83 #304
1893 78 — 78 #310
1892 64 — 64 #333
1891 57 — 57 #337
1890 71 — 71 #295
1889 42 — 42 #375
1888 34 — 34 #429
1887 28 — 28 #420
1886 18 — 18 #533
1885 15 — 15 #565
1884 23 — 23 #420
1883 14 — 14 #527
1882 12 — 12 #544
1881 5 — 5 #837
1880 10 — 10 #557