Erika — #1144 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Erika

The Social Security Administration has registered 125,442 babies named Erika between 1908 and 2024, spanning 117 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Erika currently holds the #1144 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 4,569 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Erika performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 36,853 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Erika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 25,057 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Erika in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Erika 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 125,442 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.