Erika Girl
How popular is Erika?
#1,109 girl name in 2025
213 baby girls were named Erika in the US in 2025, making it the 1109th most popular girl name.
Erika popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,109 for girls (▲ 31 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 213 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-46% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #725 in 2015, #1,015 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1990 (4,569 girls) |
| Highest rank | #73 in 1989 |
| First recorded | 1908 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Erika 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 Erika is most popular
Babies named Erika per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Colorado: 0.2 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Washington: 0.2 per 1,000 (31 girls)
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (169 girls)
- Indiana: 0.2 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (152 girls)
Erika by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1910s | 39 | #2,832 |
| 1920s | 123 | #1,392 |
| 1930s | 171 | #1,475 |
| 1940s | 379 | #1,114 |
| 1950s | 890 | #781 |
| 1960s | 5,323 | #225 |
| 1970s | 24,310 | #91 |
| 1980s | 36,852 | #73 |
| 1990s | 35,076 | #74 |
| 2000s | 16,722 | #123 |
| 2010s | 4,448 | #429 |
| 2020s | 1,326 | #1,015 |
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Questions
- Is Erika a boy or girl name?
- Erika is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Erika were girls.
- How popular is the name Erika?
- 213 baby girls were named Erika in the US in 2025, making it the 1109th most popular girl name.
- When was Erika most popular?
- Erika peaked in 1990, when 4,569 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #73 in 1989.
- How many people are named Erika?
- 126,212 babies have been named Erika in the US since 1880. We estimate about 122,055 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 37.
- Where is Erika most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Erika was most common in Colorado, 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.