Airika
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AIR-ih-kah
- Origin
- Old Norse
Airika is a girls' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “ever ruler”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Airika mean?
Old Norse: variant of Erika
“ever ruler”
Respelling of Erika, the feminine of Eric, from Old Norse Eirikr.
Is Airika a girl's or a boy's name?
Airika is a girls' name.
How popular is Airika in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the girls named Airika in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Airika in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
Names like Airika
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dakota, Mika, Yuri, Yumna, Yuna, Yumi, Lakota, Suki, Sayuri, Mayumi, Namiko, Miyori
Names related to Airika
More Old Norse names
Freya, Ronnie, Ralph, Eric, Astrid, Colby, Rafe, Odin, Ralphie, Erik, Freyja, Erick, Bo, Ronald, Bjorn, Erica
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Airika: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/airika, updated 20 October 2026.