How rare is the name Erika?

147,434 people in the United States have the first name Erika, about 1 in 2,049. It ranks #377 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ERIKA

#377

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
147,434
About
1 in 2,049
This common or more
53.2%
Who bears it

Of the 147,434 people named Erika, 46.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 40.4% as White and 8% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Erika peaked in 1990, when 4,593 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19082025
Peak year
1990
Births that year
4,593
In 2025*
213 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 126,212 babies have been given the name since 1908. 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.

Erika by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #161. The largest share of babies named Erika, 48.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1900s#4,9315
1910s#6,53239
1920s#4,723123
1930s#3,429171
1940s#2,395379
1950s#1,794890
1960s#7415,331
1970s#24724,428
1980s#16137,127
1990s#20635,204
2000s#42116,741
2010s#1,2434,448
2020s#2,0871,326
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.3%
Baby boom 1946–641.9%
Generation X 1965–8025.4%
Millennials 1981–9648.2%
Generation Z 1997–1221%
2013 and later3.1%

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 Erika is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Erika has been most common in California (2×), Nevada (1.7×), and Arizona (1.6×), and least common in Mississippi (0.4×).

123,384 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 Erika

#375 Lindsey · 147,985#376 Hailey · 147,731#378 Gina · 147,074#379 Oliver · 146,493

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Erika, most common first.

#259 Erica · 215,652#410 Erik · 137,631#1,468 Ericka · 22,932#11,453 Eryka · 1,118#13,768 Erikka · 870#14,649 Eriko · 801#30,816 Erikah · 281#33,047 Erisa · 252

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