Ericka
#2,607 for girls in 2025, 66 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #7,178
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1971 · 910 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 23,420since 1945
Ericka over time
Rank among girls' names. Ericka has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,607 | 66 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,892 | 38 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,911 | 38 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,536 | 44 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,678 | 41 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,850 | 57 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,043 | 53 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,744 | 62 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,779 | 61 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,385 | 78 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,351 | 78 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,010 | 98 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,152 | 87 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,846 | 109 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,440 | 157 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,546 | 144 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,317 | 183 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,295 | 192 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,172 | 217 | — | |
| 2006 | #993 | 262 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,078 | 220 | — | |
| 2004 | #974 | 244 | — | |
| 2003 | #788 | 313 | — | |
| 2002 | #823 | 283 | — | |
| 2001 | #735 | 326 | — | |
| 2000 | #637 | 392 | — | |
| 1999 | #636 | 371 | — | |
| 1998 | #549 | 452 | — | |
| 1997 | #575 | 403 | — | |
| 1996 | #540 | 432 | — | |
| 1995 | #501 | 490 | — | |
| 1994 | #472 | 536 | — | |
| 1993 | #406 | 616 | — | |
| 1992 | #381 | 678 | — | |
| 1991 | #365 | 705 | — | |
| 1990 | #356 | 749 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #371 | 692 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #356 | 698 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #374 | 624 | — | |
| 1986 | #393 | 587 | — | |
| 1985 | #382 | 597 | — | |
| 1984 | #392 | 554 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #386 | 576 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #398 | 583 | — | |
| 1981 | #365 | 641 | — | |
| 1980 | #353 | 671 | — | |
| 1979 | #332 | 706 | — | |
| 1978 | #355 | 599 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #353 | 626 | — | |
| 1976 | #367 | 573 | — | |
| 1975 | #376 | 553 | — | |
| 1974 | #342 | 639 | — | |
| 1973 | #320 | 706 | — | |
| 1972 | #300 | 806 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #299 | 910 | — | |
| 1970 | #384 | 613 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #555 | 316 | — | |
| 1968 | #727 | 182 | — | |
| 1967 | #948 | 115 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,178 | 82 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,635 | 47 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,383 | 66 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,340 | 68 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,350 | 67 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,543 | 23 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,150 | 29 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,881 | 35 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,025 | 30 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,727 | 18 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Ericka! It came in at #3,676, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1945–1946, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Ericka is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#160 · 1 in 797
- Nevada#168 · 1 in 758
- Maine#176 · 1 in 884
- Maryland#220 · 1 in 1,276
- Louisiana#242 · 1 in 1,316
Best ever in a state: #105 in District of Columbia, 1971.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #160 | 5 | 1 in 797 |
| Nevada | #168 | 7 | 1 in 758 |
| Maine | #176 | 7 | 1 in 884 |
| Maryland | #220 | 20 | 1 in 1,276 |
| Louisiana | #242 | 20 | 1 in 1,316 |
| Michigan | #254 | 34 | 1 in 1,705 |
| Florida | #256 | 44 | 1 in 1,578 |
| District of Columbia | #258 | 5 | 1 in 1,140 |
| South Carolina | #262 | 12 | 1 in 1,514 |
| Alabama | #268 | 13 | 1 in 1,657 |
| Illinois | #275 | 42 | 1 in 1,728 |
| Ohio | #301 | 32 | 1 in 2,116 |
| Colorado | #303 | 11 | 1 in 1,908 |
| Kentucky | #326 | 8 | 1 in 2,610 |
| Georgia | #339 | 17 | 1 in 2,306 |
| Wisconsin | #345 | 11 | 1 in 2,632 |
| Mississippi | #346 | 7 | 1 in 1,900 |
| Arizona | #347 | 13 | 1 in 1,879 |
| Connecticut | #352 | 7 | 1 in 2,606 |
| Indiana | #356 | 12 | 1 in 2,676 |
| North Carolina | #367 | 14 | 1 in 2,662 |
| Missouri | #370 | 11 | 1 in 2,840 |
| New Mexico | #376 | 5 | 1 in 1,903 |
| Tennessee | #382 | 10 | 1 in 2,822 |
| Virginia | #394 | 12 | 1 in 2,895 |
| California | #399 | 90 | 1 in 2,390 |
| Oklahoma | #438 | 6 | 1 in 2,987 |
| Pennsylvania | #450 | 19 | 1 in 3,643 |
| Texas | #463 | 43 | 1 in 2,997 |
| Massachusetts | #476 | 9 | 1 in 3,987 |
| New Jersey | #477 | 12 | 1 in 3,631 |
| New York | #503 | 31 | 1 in 3,609 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ericka
- 1,285 spots since 2024 (#3,892 → #2,607)
- 243 spots since 2020 (#2,850 → #2,607)
- 256 spots since 2015 (#2,351 → #2,607)
- Biggest jump: 230 spots in 1967 (#1,178 → #948)
- Biggest drop: 186 spots in 2004 (#788 → #974)
- Debuted 1945
- Peaked 1971 at #299 (910 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 25 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1967–2004
- Highest: 1 in 1,828 girls born in 1971 were named Ericka (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 24,353 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 28.7% of all girls named Ericka (6,731) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 41 | #3,350 (1948) | #3,817 |
| 1950s | 155 | #1,881 (1959) | #3,359 |
| 1960s | 995 | #555 (1969) | #1,381 |
| 1970s | 6,731 | #299 (1971) | #343 |
| 1980s | 6,223 | #353 (1980) | #377 |
| 1990s | 5,432 | #356 (1990) | #478 |
| 2000s | 2,632 | #637 (2000) | #981 |
| 2010s | 927 | #1,440 (2011) | #2,230 |
| 2020s | 284 | #2,607 (2025) | #3,412 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ericka in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 2,786 of them was named Ericka, which outranked 97.2% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).