Girl · Old Norse
Erika
Say it: AIR-ee-kah
Meaning
Feminine of Erik, from Old Norse ei 'ever' (or einn 'one') and ríkr 'ruler'; in German it is also associated with Erika 'heather'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Popular in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s and in the United States in the 1970s and 1980s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1990s
In the United States
- 125,108 babies given this name since 1908
- At its height in 1990, about 1 in 416 girls
- 246 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Erica
| English | Erica |
|---|---|
| Swedish | Erika |
| Hungarian | Erika |
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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