Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Erna

Gender

Female

Origin

Germanic
Eagle

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Erna

Pronunciation

e-rna, er-na

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1921 (rank #3868, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1916 (rank #321, 358 births); most recent 2021 (rank #13458, 6 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025––
2024––
2023––
2022––
2021–6
2020––
2019––
2018––
2017–5
2016–6

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 1999 (rank #3898, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1912 (rank #186, 102 births); most recent 2022 (rank #3654, 6 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
20226
20213
20203
2019–
20184
2017–
20165
20155
20145

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1943 (rank #206, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence