NameTides

Erika

Erika was the #1,109 girls' name in the US in 2025 (213 babies), and #894 in England & Wales and #1,106 in Canada.

Erika as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Erika as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandIrelandCanadaEngland & WalesUS
Erika as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,109 (213)#894 (39)#429 (7)—#608 (5)#1,106 (24)
2024#1,140 (212)#654 (59)#638 (4)—#631 (5)#1,032 (26)
2023#1,051 (239)#647 (56)—#391 (3)#555 (6)#907 (29)
2022#1,259 (190)#718 (51)#625 (4)—#747 (4)#756 (36)
2021#1,103 (224)#567 (69)#485 (6)—#661 (5)#746 (39)
2020#1,015 (248)#472 (85)#544 (5)—#410 (9)#665 (43)
2019#903 (295)#469 (90)#286 (13)#336 (4)#395 (10)#692 (43)
2018#899 (299)#442 (98)#449 (7)—#299 (15)#471 (68)
2017#758 (367)#442 (99)#666 (4)#355 (4)#396 (10)#501 (64)
2016#745 (383)#503 (86)#413 (8)#440 (3)#448 (9)#458 (73)
2015#725 (391)#461 (94)#509 (6)#426 (3)#345 (14)#366 (93)
2014#675 (421)#516 (82)#365 (10)#278 (6)#264 (19)#331 (100)
2013#611 (460)#639 (64)#506 (6)—#315 (15)#206 (163)
2012#539 (556)#536 (79)#815 (3)—#398 (12)#245 (139)
2011#529 (548)#673 (58)#334 (11)—#325 (15)#219 (145)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1990 at #74.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1908.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,500 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 7,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Erika is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,000 to 1 in 9,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Erika by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #617WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #852ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #916INOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,111CAUtah: #539UTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #811MOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: #684NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,006TXFlorida: #1,055FL
Erika (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#5408
Ontario2024#1,2848

Erika (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ErikaCanadaGirls#1,10624
ErikaEngland & WalesGirls#89439
ErikaIrelandGirls#6085
ErikaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ErikaScotlandGirls#4297
ErikaUSGirls#1,109213
ErikaUSBoys—too few