Erza
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ER-zah
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Erza is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Erza mean?
Albanian name of uncertain origin; also an anime character name
Erza Scarlet is a lead character in the Japanese manga and anime Fairy Tail.
Is Erza a girl's or a boy's name?
Erza is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 21 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Erza in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Erza, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2006, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Erza in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Erza in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 2 | #7,588 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Erza in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Erza, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006. 6 boys were also named Erza in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Erza than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Erza in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2024, 82% of the babies named Erza in the US were girls.
Erza in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,386 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,189 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 33 | #4,259 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
Names like Erza
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esme Dua Pippa Luna Isla Ayra Mila Elara Maeva Lyra Zara Iqra
Names related to Erza
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, “Erza: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/erza, updated 20 October 2026.