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Erica
Rank in 2024
#1,491
Born in 2024
146
Peak year
1986 · #31
Origin
Germanic
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 146 girls were named Erica, about 1 in every 11,049.
- It peaked in 1986 with 9,972 babies, ranked #31.
- It first shows up in the records in 1909.
- 231,461 girls have been named Erica since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Erica per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.1Boomers1946–64
- 2.5Gen X1965–80
- 4.6Millennials1981–96
- 1.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 57 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 293 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 3,917 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen X: 62,641 babies, 2.45 per 1,000. Millennials: 129,386 babies, 4.58 per 1,000. Gen Z: 31,629 babies, 1.09 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,538 babies, 0.17 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
A feminine form of Eric, ultimately from Old Norse. The name has also been associated with the flower genus.
- A female given name from the Germanic languages or Old Norse.
- Origin
- Germanic
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Erica, CC BY-SA 4.0.