Erica was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #31 in 1986 but is far less common today.
Erica is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,399 for girl births in the United States (and #2,622 across all names), given to 156 babies. Erica was first reported in SSA data in 1909 and peaked in 1986 (9,973 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 156 | 156 | #1,399 | — |
| 2024 | 146 | 146 | #1,494 | — |
| 2023 | 191 | 191 | #1,229 | — |
| 2022 | 177 | 177 | #1,327 | — |
| 2021 | 201 | 201 | #1,199 | — |
| 2020 | 220 | 220 | #1,111 | — |
| 2019 | 245 | 245 | #1,045 | — |
| 2018 | 298 | 298 | #903 | — |
| 2017 | 326 | 326 | #835 | — |
| 2016 | 355 | 355 | #802 | — |
| 2015 | 417 | 417 | #686 | — |
| 2014 | 437 | 437 | #653 | — |
| 2013 | 526 | 526 | #557 | — |
| 2012 | 612 | 612 | #502 | — |
| 2011 | 624 | 624 | #475 | — |
| 2010 | 745 | 745 | #423 | — |
| 2009 | 943 | 953 | #347 | — |
| 2008 | 1,133 | 1,133 | #295 | — |
| 2007 | 1,366 | 1,375 | #256 | — |
| 2006 | 1,553 | 1,559 | #220 | — |
| 2005 | 1,723 | 1,723 | #202 | #10,498 |
| 2004 | 1,885 | 1,891 | #183 | #6,678 |
| 2003 | 2,097 | 2,097 | #159 | #11,424 |
| 2002 | 2,305 | 2,317 | #144 | — |
| 2001 | 2,676 | 2,689 | #129 | #7,764 |
| 2000 | 3,220 | 3,231 | #102 | — |
| 1999 | 3,170 | 3,180 | #106 | #6,690 |
| 1998 | 3,624 | 3,642 | #92 | — |
| 1997 | 3,998 | — | #84 | #8,480 |
| 1996 | 4,473 | — | #79 | #4,692 |
| 1995 | 4,913 | — | #69 | #3,349 |
| 1994 | 5,700 | — | #57 | #3,367 |
| 1993 | 6,425 | — | #49 | #4,304 |
| 1992 | 7,152 | — | #44 | #3,379 |
| 1991 | 7,840 | — | #40 | #1,931 |
| 1990 | 8,655 | — | #36 | #1,709 |
| 1989 | 9,093 | — | #34 | #1,330 |
| 1988 | 9,645 | — | #31 | #1,433 |
| 1987 | 9,379 | — | #31 | #1,431 |
| 1986 | 10,032 | — | #31 | #1,262 |
| 1985 | 9,586 | — | #34 | #1,220 |
| 1984 | 9,333 | — | #34 | #1,243 |
| 1983 | 9,767 | — | #33 | #1,256 |
| 1982 | 9,390 | — | #35 | #1,325 |
| 1981 | 8,661 | — | #36 | #1,671 |
| 1980 | 8,796 | — | #34 | #1,633 |
| 1979 | 8,216 | — | #32 | #1,542 |
| 1978 | 7,377 | — | #34 | #1,545 |
| 1977 | 6,654 | — | #38 | #1,756 |
| 1976 | 5,261 | — | #54 | #1,952 |
| 1975 | 4,612 | — | #63 | #1,641 |
| 1974 | 4,146 | — | #74 | #1,846 |
| 1973 | 3,817 | — | #81 | #1,837 |
| 1972 | 3,468 | — | #87 | #1,785 |
| 1971 | 3,511 | — | #108 | #2,001 |
| 1970 | 2,802 | — | #129 | #2,659 |
| 1969 | 1,514 | — | #208 | #3,138 |
| 1968 | 961 | — | #280 | #4,315 |
| 1967 | 681 | — | #337 | — |
| 1966 | 575 | — | #381 | — |
| 1965 | 566 | — | #388 | — |
| 1964 | 541 | — | #418 | — |
| 1963 | 576 | — | #400 | — |
| 1962 | 448 | — | #456 | — |
| 1961 | 243 | — | #658 | — |
| 1960 | 234 | — | #664 | — |
| 1959 | 233 | — | #656 | — |
| 1958 | 206 | — | #687 | — |
| 1957 | 211 | — | #680 | — |
| 1956 | 182 | — | #711 | — |
| 1955 | 146 | — | #798 | — |
| 1954 | 142 | — | #788 | — |
| 1953 | 113 | — | #889 | — |
| 1952 | 94 | — | #973 | — |
| 1951 | 94 | — | #957 | — |
| 1950 | 116 | — | #809 | — |
| 1949 | 89 | — | #946 | — |
| 1948 | 99 | — | #877 | — |
| 1947 | 83 | — | #974 | — |
| 1946 | 67 | — | #1,036 | — |
| 1945 | 66 | — | #944 | — |
| 1944 | 35 | — | #1,370 | — |
| 1943 | 20 | — | #1,964 | — |
| 1942 | 39 | — | #1,283 | — |
| 1941 | 10 | — | #2,893 | — |
| 1940 | 13 | — | #2,338 | — |
| 1939 | 17 | — | #1,967 | — |
| 1938 | 17 | — | #1,969 | — |
| 1937 | 7 | — | #3,555 | — |
| 1935 | 7 | — | #3,512 | — |
| 1934 | 9 | — | #2,991 | — |
| 1933 | 8 | — | #3,199 | — |
| 1932 | 8 | — | #3,373 | — |
| 1931 | 10 | — | #2,837 | — |
| 1929 | 11 | — | #2,790 | — |
| 1928 | 16 | — | #2,221 | — |
| 1927 | 12 | — | #2,757 | — |
| 1926 | 8 | — | #3,674 | — |
| 1925 | 6 | — | #4,590 | — |
| 1924 | 5 | — | #5,324 | — |
| 1919 | 6 | — | #4,436 | — |
| 1917 | 5 | — | #4,816 | — |
| 1916 | 5 | — | #4,641 | — |
| 1915 | 5 | — | #4,499 | — |
| 1909 | 5 | — | #2,317 | — |