Erika
#1,109 for girls in 2025, 213 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #8,143
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1989 · 4,190 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 16 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 125,664since 1908
Erika over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #1,109 | 213 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,140 | 212 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,051 | 239 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,259 | 190 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,103 | 224 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,015 | 248 | — | |
| 2019 | #903 | 295 | — | |
| 2018 | #899 | 299 | — | |
| 2017 | #758 | 367 | — | |
| 2016 | #745 | 383 | — | |
| 2015 | #725 | 391 | — | |
| 2014 | #675 | 421 | — | |
| 2013 | #611 | 460 | — | |
| 2012 | #539 | 556 | — | |
| 2011 | #529 | 548 | — | |
| 2010 | #429 | 728 | — | |
| 2009 | #374 | 862 | — | |
| 2008 | #331 | 1,017 | — | |
| 2007 | #265 | 1,279 | — | |
| 2006 | #238 | 1,431 | — | |
| 2005 | #216 | 1,617 | — | |
| 2004 | #192 | 1,773 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #178 | 1,818 | — | |
| 2002 | #167 | 1,960 | — | |
| 2001 | #147 | 2,230 | — | |
| 2000 | #123 | 2,735 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #137 | 2,325 | — | |
| 1998 | #124 | 2,672 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | #111 | 2,898 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #106 | 3,078 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #102 | 3,288 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #90 | 3,584 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #85 | 4,010 | #3,368 | 19 |
| 1992 | #80 | 4,342 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #84 | 4,310 | #2,828 | 23 |
| 1990 | #74 | 4,569 | #2,695 | 24 |
| 1989 | #73 | 4,190 | #1,793 | 42 |
| 1988 | #76 | 3,886 | #2,367 | 25 |
| 1987 | #75 | 3,994 | #2,057 | 29 |
| 1986 | #74 | 3,678 | #1,837 | 33 |
| 1985 | #80 | 3,503 | #2,942 | 16 |
| 1984 | #81 | 3,542 | #1,842 | 30 |
| 1983 | #80 | 3,548 | #2,017 | 26 |
| 1982 | #81 | 3,596 | #2,269 | 22 |
| 1981 | #93 | 3,399 | #2,086 | 25 |
| 1980 | #87 | 3,516 | #2,003 | 27 |
| 1979 | #91 | 3,316 | #2,310 | 21 |
| 1978 | #104 | 2,827 | #2,568 | 17 |
| 1977 | #103 | 2,825 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #112 | 2,341 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #128 | 2,256 | #2,361 | 18 |
| 1974 | #127 | 2,265 | #2,674 | 14 |
| 1973 | #132 | 2,157 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #138 | 2,183 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #146 | 2,199 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #171 | 1,941 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #225 | 1,351 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #280 | 956 | — | |
| 1967 | #304 | 815 | — | |
| 1966 | #423 | 492 | — | |
| 1965 | #466 | 419 | — | |
| 1964 | #519 | 356 | — | |
| 1963 | #563 | 304 | — | |
| 1962 | #630 | 257 | — | |
| 1961 | #739 | 197 | — | |
| 1960 | #768 | 176 | — | |
| 1959 | #781 | 171 | — | |
| 1958 | #888 | 132 | — | |
| 1957 | #910 | 125 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,012 | 102 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,220 | 68 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,197 | 70 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,213 | 63 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,059 | 79 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,383 | 46 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,602 | 34 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,135 | 64 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,238 | 54 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,357 | 46 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,583 | 31 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,795 | 22 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,519 | 29 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,442 | 33 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,668 | 25 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,335 | 33 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,114 | 42 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,881 | 18 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,475 | 26 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,206 | 14 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,651 | 21 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,052 | 15 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,941 | 17 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,110 | 16 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,393 | 30 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,023 | 18 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,351 | 15 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | — | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | — | |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | — | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | — | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | — | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Erika! It came in at #2,101, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1908–1914, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Erika is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#51 · 1 in 304
- Maine#63 · 1 in 269
- Texas#70 · 1 in 358
- North Dakota#72 · 1 in 310
- District of Columbia#74 · 1 in 291
Best ever in a state: #39 in District of Columbia, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #51 | 505 | 1 in 304 |
| Maine | #63 | 22 | 1 in 269 |
| Texas | #70 | 289 | 1 in 358 |
| North Dakota | #72 | 14 | 1 in 310 |
| District of Columbia | #74 | 19 | 1 in 291 |
| Vermont | #76 | 8 | 1 in 307 |
| New York | #78 | 266 | 1 in 370 |
| Connecticut | #88 | 37 | 1 in 383 |
| Kansas | #88 | 35 | 1 in 384 |
| Wisconsin | #89 | 69 | 1 in 420 |
| Florida | #91 | 103 | 1 in 427 |
| Rhode Island | #92 | 11 | 1 in 391 |
| Michigan | #93 | 124 | 1 in 464 |
| New Jersey | #94 | 85 | 1 in 427 |
| Massachusetts | #95 | 73 | 1 in 406 |
| New Hampshire | #103 | 11 | 1 in 427 |
| Washington | #106 | 50 | 1 in 459 |
| Illinois | #108 | 146 | 1 in 486 |
| Nevada | #108 | 8 | 1 in 415 |
| Arizona | #110 | 34 | 1 in 482 |
| South Dakota | #110 | 9 | 1 in 472 |
| Montana | #114 | 10 | 1 in 439 |
| Idaho | #116 | 14 | 1 in 477 |
| Indiana | #116 | 60 | 1 in 580 |
| Missouri | #117 | 52 | 1 in 590 |
| Iowa | #120 | 32 | 1 in 581 |
| New Mexico | #120 | 17 | 1 in 481 |
| Ohio | #122 | 114 | 1 in 605 |
| Oregon | #123 | 28 | 1 in 552 |
| Maryland | #125 | 33 | 1 in 553 |
| Minnesota | #126 | 42 | 1 in 632 |
| Virginia | #126 | 49 | 1 in 568 |
| Alaska | #128 | 6 | 1 in 415 |
| Pennsylvania | #131 | 109 | 1 in 606 |
| Wyoming | #133 | 5 | 1 in 488 |
| Colorado | #138 | 28 | 1 in 618 |
| Tennessee | #144 | 42 | 1 in 663 |
| Louisiana | #151 | 41 | 1 in 671 |
| Utah | #156 | 21 | 1 in 722 |
| North Carolina | #173 | 40 | 1 in 809 |
| West Virginia | #177 | 14 | 1 in 843 |
| Georgia | #178 | 38 | 1 in 849 |
| South Carolina | #180 | 22 | 1 in 775 |
| Nebraska | #185 | 11 | 1 in 893 |
| Alabama | #194 | 24 | 1 in 906 |
| Oklahoma | #221 | 16 | 1 in 1,063 |
| Mississippi | #223 | 15 | 1 in 1,022 |
| Arkansas | #237 | 11 | 1 in 1,144 |
| Kentucky | #351 | 9 | 1 in 2,654 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
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 Erika
- 31 spots since 2024 (#1,140 → #1,109)
- 94 spots since 2020 (#1,015 → #1,109)
- 384 spots since 2015 (#725 → #1,109)
- Biggest jump: 119 spots in 1967 (#423 → #304)
- Biggest drop: 141 spots in 2018 (#758 → #899)
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 1989 at #73 (4,190 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 16 yrs · run 1979–1994
- Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1957–2019
- Highest: 1 in 416 girls born in 1990 were named Erika (0.24%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,546 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #73 in 1989, was only 1 in 440 (0.23%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 29.3% of all girls named Erika (36,852) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #2,101 (1908) | #2,101 |
| 1910s | 39 | #2,833 (1916) | #3,575 |
| 1920s | 123 | #1,393 (1929) | #2,525 |
| 1930s | 171 | #1,475 (1938) | #1,967 |
| 1940s | 379 | #1,114 (1940) | #1,419 |
| 1950s | 890 | #781 (1959) | #1,127 |
| 1960s | 5,323 | #225 (1969) | #492 |
| 1970s | 24,310 | #91 (1979) | #125 |
| 1980s | 36,852 | #73 (1989) | #80 |
| 1990s | 35,076 | #74 (1990) | #99 |
| 2000s | 16,722 | #123 (2000) | #223 |
| 2010s | 4,448 | #429 (2010) | #681 |
| 2020s | 1,326 | #1,015 (2020) | #1,113 |
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.
Erika in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 542 of them was named Erika, which outranked 99.1% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 96,579 of them was named Erika, which outranked 62.0% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,473Tzvi18
- #2,473Vu18
- #2,473Walt18
- #2,568Erika17
- #2,568Agapito17
- #2,568Aharon17
- #2,568Akbar17
- #2,669Alexi16
- #2,669Alvino16
- #2,669Ana16
Tied with 100 names at #2,568; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.