Erikah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ERR-i-ka
- Origin
- Old Norse
Erikah is a girls' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “eternal ruler”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Erikah mean?
Old Norse: spelling of Erika; feminine of Erik
“eternal ruler”
German and Scandinavian feminine form of Erik.
Meaning borrowed from Erika. More on Wiktionary.
Is Erikah a girl's or a boy's name?
Erikah is a girls' name.
How popular is Erikah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the girls named Erikah in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Erikah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 30 | #3,828 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
Names like Erikah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Hadassah, Kaliyah, Taliyah, Jaliyah, Savannah, Janiyah, Zaniyah, Hannah, Zariah, Amaya, Aliya
Names related to Erikah
More Old Norse names
Freya, Ronnie, Ralph, Eric, Astrid, Colby, Rafe, Odin, Ralphie, Erik, Freyja, Erick, Bo, Ronald, Bjorn, Raife
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, “Erikah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/erikah, updated 20 October 2026.