# Erica (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/erica/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Norse |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Erika, Ericka, Erykah |
| US babies named this | 232,637 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,024 / 231,613 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,188, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A feminine form of Eric, ultimately from Old Norse. The name has also been associated with the flower genus.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 624 | 475 |
| 2012 | 612 | 502 |
| 2013 | 526 | 557 |
| 2014 | 437 | 653 |
| 2015 | 417 | 686 |
| 2016 | 355 | 802 |
| 2017 | 326 | 835 |
| 2018 | 298 | 903 |
| 2019 | 245 | 1,045 |
| 2020 | 220 | 1,111 |
| 2021 | 201 | 1,199 |
| 2022 | 177 | 1,327 |
| 2023 | 191 | 1,229 |
| 2024 | 146 | 1,494 |
| 2025 | 156 | 1,399 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 54 | 1,433 |
| 1989 | 68 | 1,330 |
| 1990 | 47 | 1,709 |
| 1991 | 40 | 1,931 |
| 1992 | 19 | 3,379 |
| 1993 | 14 | 4,304 |
| 1994 | 20 | 3,367 |
| 1995 | 20 | 3,349 |
| 1996 | 13 | 4,692 |
| 1997 | 6 | 8,480 |
| 1999 | 9 | 6,690 |
| 2001 | 8 | 7,764 |
| 2003 | 5 | 11,424 |
| 2004 | 11 | 6,678 |
| 2005 | 6 | 10,498 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 126 | 372 |
| 2012 | 133 | 362 |
| 2013 | 114 | 383 |
| 2014 | 118 | 380 |
| 2015 | 134 | 350 |
| 2016 | 139 | 345 |
| 2017 | 108 | 405 |
| 2018 | 117 | 382 |
| 2019 | 144 | 325 |
| 2020 | 107 | 402 |
| 2021 | 112 | 398 |
| 2022 | 104 | 405 |
| 2023 | 79 | 498 |
| 2024 | 69 | 565 |
| 2025 | 67 | 585 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Е́рика
- Czech: Erika
- Danish: Erika
- Estonian: Erika
- Finnish: Eerika, Eriika, Eriikka, Riikka
- French: Érica, Érika, Erica, Erika
- German: Erika
- Greek: Έρρικα
- Hungarian: Erika
- Latvian: Ērika
- Norwegian: Erika
- Polish: Eryka
- Portuguese: Érica
- Russian: Э́рика
- Slovak: Erika
- Swedish: Erika

## People named Erica

- Erica Jong, American novelist, poet, memoirist, critic
- Erica Durance, Canadian actress
- Erica Leerhsen, American actress
- Erica Cerra, Canadian actress
- Erica Wiebe, Canadian wrestler
- Erica Campbell, former American pornographic actress, glamour model
- Erica Sullivan, American swimmer
- Erica Baker, Engineer and engineering manager
- Erica Gimpel, American actress
- Erica Ash, American actress and comedian (1977–2024)
- Erica Gavin, American actress
- Erica Lindbeck, American voice actress (born 1992)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.