first name
ERICA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 215,652 people named Erica, 52.9% reported their origin as White, 22.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 18.3% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Erica peaked in 1986, when 10,032 babies got the name.
At least 232,637 babies have been given the name since 1909. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Erica by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #81. The largest share of babies named Erica, 55.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Erica is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Erica has been most common in Delaware (1.4×), District of Columbia (1.4×), and New Mexico (1.3×), and least common in Montana (0.61×).
229,644 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Erica
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Erica, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Erica ranks #152,339 of 156,621, with 106 people. See Erica as a last name
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