Recorded 1908–2025 · United States
Erika was most popular in 1990, when 4,593 American babies were given the name — ranking #151 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,121, with 213 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 126,212 people named Erika.
Erika first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1908, which makes it about 117 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 111 of the 118 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 126,212 American births named Erika between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 121,980 are estimated to be alive today.
213 American babies were named Erika in 2025, ranking #2,121 that year.
Erika is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 216 births a year, against 475 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -55% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Erika is a girl’s name — 99.6% of the 126,212 Americans given it were girls and 0.4% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 121,980 Americans named Erika are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 37 years old, and half are between 30 and 46.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
A variant of Erica · Norse · feminine of Eric, "eternal ruler"
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org