Girl
Erna
As a girl's name, Erna is understood to mean "serious, resolute". It had its heyday in the 1910s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. Since 1900, roughly 7,985 babies in the U.S. have been given this name.
EtymologyShort for Ernestine
EtymologyMeaning "serious, resolute"
Births by decade
1900s
1,050
1910s
2,465
1920s
2,041
1930s
1,047
1940s
590
1950s
379
1960s
181
1970s
70
1980s
19
1990s
15
2000s
95
2010s
33
Peaked in the 1910s · 7,985 total U.S. births since 1900