Girls' name · peaked in 1990
Erika name popularity since 1925
126,134 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Erika. Half of them were born in 1988 or earlier, so the typical Erika is about 38 years old in 2026. Erika peaked in 1990 as the #74 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 126,134
- Named Erika, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,109 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% girls
- 125,586 girls · 548 boys
- Most popular in
- California
- 1.91× its national share
Peak year is the year Erika made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Erika births per year, 1925–2025
1990 was the biggest year for Erika both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1965 and 1970, Erika became 4.7× more common, from 1 in 4,210 baby girls to 1 in 901.
- Steepest fall: Between 2006 and 2011, its share of baby girls fell by 59%, from 1 in 1,330 to 1 in 3,210.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Erika's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Erika.
Decade by decade
Babies named Erika in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 89 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 171 | 0 | #2,235 |
| 1940s | 379 | 0 | #1,807 |
| 1950s | 890 | 0 | #1,224 |
| 1960s | 5,323 | 8 | #467 |
| 1970s | 24,310 | 118 | #128 |
| 1980s | 36,852 | 275 | #80 |
| 1990s | 35,076 | 128 | #102 |
| 2000s | 16,722 | 19 | #216 |
| 2010s | 4,448 | 0 | #725 |
| 2020–25 | 1,326 | 0 | #1,109 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
48.3% of babies named Erika from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Erika is most popular
The index compares Erika's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Erika.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| California | 1.91× | 25,242 |
| Nevada | 1.58× | 702 |
| Arizona | 1.52× | 2,452 |
| Texas | 1.33× | 13,050 |
| Washington | 1.28× | 2,672 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Erika and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Erika (this page) | 125,586 | 1990 |
| Erica | 231,582 | 1983 |
| Eryka | 1,171 | 1998 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Erika's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Erika.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Erika (1990).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data