Erika

Where Erika comes from

Spelling variant of Erica, the feminine form of Eric, or borrowed directly from modern Scandinavia, ultimately from Old Norse Eiríkr.
— Wiktionary's entry for Erika
  • Germanic
  • Old Norse
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1905
    Erika Mann born
    German actress and writer
  2. 1908
    First appearance
    #2,101 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1969
    Erika Eleniak born
    American-Canadian actress of Estonian-Ukrainian descent
  4. 1989
    Peak, #73
    4,190 babies named Erika — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2002
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #167.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages or Old Norse.
Namesakes
  • Erika Eleniak · American-Canadian actress of Estonian-Ukrainian descent, born 1969
  • Erika Mann · German actress and writer, 1905–1969
  • Erika Vikman · Finnish singer and songwriter, born 1993
  • Erika Lust · Swedish pornographic film director, born 1977
  • Erika Christensen · American actress, born 1982

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.