Erica — #1489 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Erica

The Social Security Administration has registered 231,461 babies named Erica between 1909 and 2024, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Erica currently holds the #1489 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 9,972 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Erica performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 93,161 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Erica shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 28,234 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Erica in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Erica in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 231,461 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.