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

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Peak · girls
1971 · 910 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
23,420
since 1945

Ericka over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ericka has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202001peak #299, 1971girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,60766—
2024#3,89238—
2023#3,91138—
2022#3,53644—
2021#3,67841—
2020#2,85057—
2019#3,04353—
2018#2,74462—
2017#2,77961—
2016#2,38578—
2015#2,35178—
2014#2,01098—
2013#2,15287—
2012#1,846109—
2011#1,440157—
2010#1,546144—
2009#1,317183—
2008#1,295192—
2007#1,172217—
2006#993262—
2005#1,078220—
2004#974244—
2003#788313—
2002#823283—
2001#735326—
2000#637392—
1999#636371—
1998#549452—
1997#575403—
1996#540432—
1995#501490—
1994#472536—
1993#406616—
1992#381678—
1991#365705—
1990#356749#7,1786
1989#371692#6,9416
1988#356698#5,7517
1987#374624—
1986#393587—
1985#382597—
1984#392554#5,5616
1983#386576#6,2385
1982#398583—
1981#365641—
1980#353671—
1979#332706—
1978#355599#5,0596
1977#353626—
1976#367573—
1975#376553—
1974#342639—
1973#320706—
1972#300806#4,9865
1971#299910—
1970#384613#4,7245
1969#555316—
1968#727182—
1967#948115—
1966#1,17882—
1965#1,63547—
1964#1,38366—
1963#1,34068—
1962#1,35067—
1961#2,54323—
1960#2,15029—
1959#1,88135—
1958#2,02530—
1957#2,72718—
1956#2,72518—
1955#5,2086—
1954#3,9679—
1953#3,26912—
1952#3,04013—
1951#4,0118—
1950#4,7386—
1949#3,39310—
1948#3,35010—
1947#3,7069—
1946#4,9605—
1945#3,6767—
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First appearance
1945

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 2001

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ericka, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ericka, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ericka, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ericka, so not publishedNHWashington: #877 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,746 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ericka, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ericka, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ericka, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #561 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,606 girlsMNIllinois: #827 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,414 girlsILWisconsin: #573 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,610 girlsWIMichigan: #761 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,547 girlsMINew York: #972 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 6,997 girlsNYMassachusetts: #710 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,243 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ericka, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Ericka, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ericka, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ericka, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ericka, so not publishedSDIowa: #467 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,745 girlsIAIndiana: #579 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,672 girlsINOhio: #894 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,446 girlsOHPennsylvania: #576 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,999 girlsPANew Jersey: #847 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,914 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ericka, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #716 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 4,729 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Ericka, so not publishedUTColorado: #714 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,077 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ericka, so not publishedNEMissouri: #598 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,090 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Ericka, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ericka, so not publishedWVVirginia: #751 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,015 girlsVAMaryland: #765 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,804 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ericka, so not publishedDEArizona: #699 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,558 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ericka, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ericka, so not publishedKSArkansas: #465 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,333 girlsARTennessee: #849 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,034 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #499 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,764 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ericka, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ericka, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #551 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,788 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ericka, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Ericka, so not publishedMSAlabama: #659 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,993 girlsALGeorgia: #773 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,824 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ericka, so not publishedHITexas: #668 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 4,032 girlsTXFlorida: #733 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,834 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#465 · 1 in 2,333
  2. Iowa#467 · 1 in 2,745
  3. North Carolina#499 · 1 in 2,764
  4. Oklahoma#551 · 1 in 2,788
  5. Minnesota#561 · 1 in 3,606

Best ever in a state: #105 in District of Columbia, 1971.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#46551 in 2,333
Iowa#46751 in 2,745
North Carolina#499161 in 2,764
Oklahoma#55161 in 2,788
Minnesota#56171 in 3,606
Wisconsin#57371 in 3,610
Pennsylvania#576141 in 3,999
Indiana#57991 in 3,672
Missouri#59871 in 4,090
Alabama#65951 in 3,993
Texas#668381 in 4,032
Arizona#69991 in 3,558
Massachusetts#71061 in 5,243
Colorado#71461 in 4,077
California#716471 in 4,729
Florida#733161 in 4,834
Virginia#75171 in 5,015
Michigan#76191 in 5,547
Maryland#76551 in 4,804
Georgia#773101 in 4,824
Illinois#827131 in 5,414
New Jersey#84771 in 5,914
Tennessee#84951 in 6,034
Washington#87751 in 5,746
Ohio#89481 in 7,446
New York#972141 in 6,997
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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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1945
  • Peaked 1971 at #299 (910 births)
  • Births halved by 1996, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 39 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1967–2004
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,828
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 28.7% of all girls named Ericka (6,731) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s41#3,350 (1948)#3,817
1950s155#1,881 (1959)#3,359
1960s995#555 (1969)#1,381
1970s6,731#299 (1971)#343
1980s6,223#353 (1980)#377
1990s5,432#356 (1990)#478
2000s2,632#637 (2000)#981
2010s927#1,440 (2011)#2,230
2020s284#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 2001

girls
#735
326 births · 1 in 5,523 girls

Top girls' names in 2001

  1. #1Emily25,059
  2. #2Madison22,166
  3. #3Hannah20,723
  4. #4Ashley16,531
  5. #5Alexis16,404
  6. #6Sarah15,929
  7. #7Samantha15,867
  8. #8Abigail14,807
  9. #9Elizabeth14,792
  10. #10Olivia13,977
  11. #735Ericka326
More about 2001

girls

1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 5,523 of them was named Ericka, which outranked 95.9% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ericka
  1. #732Anaya328
  2. #732Ingrid328
  3. #734Shea327
  4. #735Ericka326
  5. #735Lillie326
  6. #737Alysa325
  7. #737Reilly325
  8. #739Ansley324

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2000
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,602Dafne#2,569 → #967
  2. ↑ 1,493Nevaeh#1,759 → #266
  3. ↑ 1,339Jimena#2,213 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,263Taina#2,174 → #911
  5. ↑ 1,069Yuliana#1,759 → #690
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Dariana#837 → #1,750
  2. ↓ 368Cortney#825 → #1,193
  3. ↓ 362Maiya#994 → #1,356
  4. ↓ 313Rosalinda#701 → #1,014
  5. ↓ 307Ivana#863 → #1,170

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2001 →