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Erica

Gender
Girl
Say it
ERR-i-ka
Origin
Old Norse
UK rank, 2025
#569 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,396 for girls

Erica is a girls' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “eternal ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 569th for girls in the UK (75 babies) and 1,396th for girls in the US (156 babies).

What does Erica mean?

Old Norse: feminine of Eric

“eternal ruler”

Feminine of Eric; erica is also the Latin botanical name for heather.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Erica a girl's or a boy's name?

Erica is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 75 girls in the UK and 156 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Erica in the UK?

Rank in 2025
569th among girls
Babies in 2025
75 about 1 in 3,700 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 42% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 75 girls in the UK were named Erica, making it the 569th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 418th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 162 girls.

Half of all the girls named Erica in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 121 girls in the UK were given Erica or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #389, up from #569 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 585th in England and Wales and 387th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 162 in 20192025
Erica in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202575#569
202474#576
202390#486
2022117#409
2021128#393
2020113#418
2019162#323
2018139#365
2017132#381
2016152#350
2015158#330
2014139#361
2013140#364
2012151#352
2011142#365
2010135#371
2009127#383
2008133#376
2007123#379
2006131#359
2005114#389
2004121#349
200388#439
200279#453
2001103#361
2000138#296
1999107#339
1998137#300
1997116#335
199684#417

How popular is Erica in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,396th among girls
Babies in 2025
156 about 1 in 10,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 35% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 156 girls in the US were named Erica, making it the 1,396th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,111th. Its busiest year was 1986, with 9,973 girls. It first appears in the records in 1909.

Half of all the girls named Erica in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 435 girls in the US were given Erica or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #663, up from #1,396 for this spelling alone.

1909Busiest: 9,973 in 19862025
Erica in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025156#1,396
2024146#1,492
2023191#1,229
2022177#1,325
2021201#1,198
2020220#1,111
2019245#1,045
2018298#903
2017326#832
2016355#801
2015417#684
2014437#653
2013526#557
2012612#501
2011624#475
2010745#423
2009943#346
20081,133#295
20071,366#255
20061,553#220
20051,717#202
20041,874#183
20032,092#159
20022,305#144
20012,668#129
20003,220#102
19993,161#106
19983,624#92
19973,992#84
19964,460#79
19954,893#69
19945,680#57
19936,411#49
19927,133#44
19917,800#40
19908,608#36
19899,025#34
19889,591#31
19879,328#31
19869,973#31
19859,525#34
19849,278#34
19839,713#33
19829,340#35
19818,626#36
19808,760#34
19798,178#32
19787,340#34
19776,624#38
19765,236#54
19754,581#63
19744,121#74
19733,793#81
19723,443#87
19713,490#108
19702,789#129
19691,505#208
1968956#280
1967681#337
1966575#381
1965566#388
1964541#418
1963576#400
1962448#455
1961243#658
1960234#663
1959233#656
1958206#685
1957211#679
1956182#710
1955146#796
1954142#786
1953113#885
195294#972
195194#956
1950116#808
194989#944
194899#875
194783#973
194667#1,031
194566#941
194435#1,363
194320#1,948
194239#1,278
194110#2,844
194013#2,296
193917#1,947
193817#1,945
19377#3,433
19360–
19357#3,429
19349#2,922
19338#3,108
19328#3,272
193110#2,748
19300–
192911#2,736
192816#2,193
192712#2,698
19268#3,563
19256#4,425
19245#5,059
19230–
19220–
19210–
19200–
19196#4,249
19180–
19175#4,592
19165#4,415
19155#4,272
19140–
19130–
19120–
19110–
19100–
19095#2,208

Names like Erica

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Jessica, Fatima, Elisa, Elena, Tabitha, Francesca, Athena, Lara, Alana, Erin, Alina, Melissa

Other spellings of Erica

Erika, Ericka

Names related to Erica

Arica, Erikah, Erikka, Ericca

More Old Norse names

Freya, Ronnie, Ralph, Eric, Astrid, Colby, Rafe, Odin, Ralphie, Erik, Freyja, Erick, Bo, Ronald, Bjorn, Raife

Every Old Norse name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Erica: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/erica, updated 20 October 2026.