Erika

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: German

Meaning

The given name Erika is a female name with multiple meanings of Classical Latin, Old Norse, and Japanese origin. Erika and the variants Erica, Ericka, or Ereka are feminine forms of Eric, derived from the Old Norse name Eiríkr.

From Wikipedia

Erika first appears in the data in 1908 and has been recorded in 110 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1990 with 4,569 babies (rank #74 that year). In 2024 it was given to 211 girls (rank #1,142). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Erika

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Erika yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

125,990
Total babies (all years)
110
Years in the data
4,569
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19085#2,213
19125#3,120
19145#3,804
19158#3,222
191610#2,893
19175#4,817
19186#4,452
19228#3,768
192312#2,782
192414#2,570
19259#3,465
192615#2,383
192717#2,196
192818#2,039
192930#1,399
193016#2,136
193117#1,971
193215#2,165
193315#2,085
193421#1,661
193514#2,235
193615#2,074
193714#2,229
193826#1,488
193918#1,903
194042#1,122
194133#1,339
194225#1,677
194333#1,447
194429#1,525
194522#1,807
194631#1,595
194746#1,365
194854#1,241
194964#1,136
195034#1,609
195146#1,387
195279#1,062
195363#1,217
195470#1,199
195568#1,224
1956102#1,012
1957125#912
1958132#889
1959171#782
1960176#768
1961197#740
1962257#630
1963304#563
1964356#519
1965419#467
1966491#423
1967815#304
1968956#281
19691,351#225
19701,941#171
19712,199#146
19722,183#138
19732,157#132
19742,265#127
19752,256#128
19762,341#112
19772,825#103
19782,826#104
19793,318#91
19803,517#87
19813,398#93
19823,596#81
19833,548#80
19843,542#81
19853,504#80
19863,678#74
19873,994#75
19883,886#76
19894,190#73
19904,569#74
19914,309#84
19924,341#80
19934,010#85
19943,584#90
19953,288#102
19963,078#106
19972,898#111
19982,672#124
19992,324#137
20002,734#123
20012,230#147
20021,960#167
20031,818#178
20041,772#192
20051,617#216
20061,431#238
20071,279#265
20081,017#331
2009862#374
2010728#429
2011548#529
2012556#540
2013460#610
2014421#676
2015391#725
2016383#745
2017366#759
2018299#899
2019294#903
2020248#1,015
2021224#1,103
2022189#1,267
2023238#1,054
2024211#1,142