How popular is the name Erica?

Erica ranks 108th among girls' names in US records, with 382,394 births since 1908. Over the past decade it accounts for 5,980.

Is Erica a unisex name?

No. Erica is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1986, when 14,237 children were given the name. It has been in use for 117 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Erika, Ericka. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#108 of girl names

Pronounced EH1 R IH0 K AH0 (ARPABET)

Erica is a girls' name, and first appears in 1908. It has been given to 382,394 children — the 108th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 71% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1986, when 14,237 children were given it.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Erika and Ericka — because they are pronounced identically.

1986Girls: 14,237Boys: 92

These spellings sound identical to Erica and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Erica?: Erica ranks 108th among girls' names in US records, with 382,394 births since 1908. Over the past decade it accounts for 5,980.
Is Erica a unisex name?: No. Erica is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Erica most popular?: 1986, when 14,237 children were given the name. It has been in use for 117 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Erica spelled?: Erika, Ericka. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.