Erica Girl
How popular is Erica?
#1,396 girl name in 2025
156 baby girls were named Erica in the US in 2025, making it the 1396th most popular girl name.
Erica popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,396 for girls (▲ 96 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 156 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-63% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #684 in 2015, #1,111 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1986 (9,973 girls) |
| Highest rank | #31 in 1986 (3 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1909 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Erica counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Erika family of names ranked #627 for girls in 2025 (#661 the year before), with 441 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Erica is most popular
Babies named Erica per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (66 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (56 girls)
- Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (31 girls)
Erica by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1910s | 21 | #4,249 |
| 1920s | 58 | #2,193 |
| 1930s | 83 | #1,945 |
| 1940s | 521 | #875 |
| 1950s | 1,537 | #656 |
| 1960s | 6,325 | #208 |
| 1970s | 49,595 | #32 |
| 1980s | 93,159 | #31 |
| 1990s | 55,762 | #36 |
| 2000s | 18,871 | #102 |
| 2010s | 4,585 | #423 |
| 2020s | 1,091 | #1,111 |
Girl names about as popular as Erica
Questions
- Is Erica a boy or girl name?
- Erica is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Erica were girls.
- How popular is the name Erica?
- 156 baby girls were named Erica in the US in 2025, making it the 1396th most popular girl name.
- When was Erica most popular?
- Erica peaked in 1986, when 9,973 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #31, held for 3 years starting in 1986.
- How many people are named Erica?
- 232,637 babies have been named Erica in the US since 1880. We estimate about 225,130 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 40.
- Where is Erica most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Erica was most common in North Carolina, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.