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 Eirรญkr.

From Wikipedia

Erika first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 94 babies (rank #464 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. 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 โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,299
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
94
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199645#551
199763#460
199863#464
199957#511
200036#676
200157#511
200241#658
200340#703
200445#659
200554#600
200672#514
200777#501
200871#543
200949#743
201066#595
201158#677
201279#537
201364#642
201482#517
201594#464
201686#506