Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Erika

#320 most common girls' name of all time · #598 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1908–2025

Rank among girls
#320
Rank overall
#598 of 105,966
First appeared
1908
Years on the list
111 of 146
All-time
126,212
Since 2016
2,670
Peak year
1990 #74
Best rank
#73 1989
Girls Boys peak 4,593/yr
192019401960198020002020

Erika first appears in 1908. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 213 213 #1,110
2024 212 212 #1,142
2023 239 239 #1,052
2022 190 190 #1,260
2021 224 224 #1,105
2020 248 248 #1,017
2019 295 295 #903
2018 299 299 #901
2017 367 367 #759
2016 383 383 #745
2015 391 391 #725
2014 421 421 #677
2013 460 460 #611
2012 556 556 #539
2011 548 548 #529
2010 728 728 #429
2009 862 862 #374
2008 1,017 1,017 #331
2007 1,279 1,279 #265
2006 1,431 1,431 #238
2005 1,617 1,617 #216
2004 1,773 8 1,781 #192
2003 1,818 1,818 #178
2002 1,960 1,960 #167
2001 2,230 2,230 #147
2000 2,735 11 2,746 #123
1999 2,325 2,325 #137
1998 2,672 10 2,682 #124
1997 2,898 7 2,905 #111
1996 3,078 8 3,086 #106
1995 3,288 10 3,298 #102
1994 3,584 11 3,595 #90
1993 4,010 19 4,029 #85
1992 4,342 16 4,358 #80
1991 4,310 23 4,333 #84
1990 4,569 24 4,593 #74
1989 4,190 42 4,232 #73
1988 3,886 25 3,911 #76
1987 3,994 29 4,023 #75
1986 3,678 33 3,711 #74
1985 3,503 16 3,519 #80
1984 3,542 30 3,572 #81
1983 3,548 26 3,574 #80
1982 3,596 22 3,618 #81
1981 3,399 25 3,424 #93
1980 3,516 27 3,543 #87
1979 3,316 21 3,337 #91
1978 2,827 17 2,844 #104
1977 2,825 10 2,835 #103
1976 2,341 9 2,350 #112
1975 2,256 18 2,274 #128
1974 2,265 14 2,279 #127
1973 2,157 6 2,163 #132
1972 2,183 8 2,191 #138
1971 2,199 9 2,208 #146
1970 1,941 6 1,947 #171
1969 1,351 8 1,359 #225
1968 956 956 #280
1967 815 815 #304
1966 492 492 #423
1965 419 419 #467
1964 356 356 #519
1963 304 304 #563
1962 257 257 #630
1961 197 197 #739
1960 176 176 #768
1959 171 171 #782
1958 132 132 #891
1957 125 125 #914
1956 102 102 #1,014
1955 68 68 #1,224
1954 70 70 #1,203
1953 63 63 #1,220
1952 79 79 #1,063
1951 46 46 #1,390
1950 34 34 #1,613
1949 64 64 #1,140
1948 54 54 #1,246
1947 46 46 #1,368
1946 31 31 #1,601
1945 22 22 #1,816
1944 29 29 #1,533
1943 33 33 #1,456
1942 25 25 #1,692
1941 33 33 #1,347
1940 42 42 #1,128
1939 18 18 #1,919
1938 26 26 #1,495
1937 14 14 #2,265
1936 15 15 #2,094
1935 14 14 #2,267
1934 21 21 #1,679
1933 15 15 #2,126
1932 15 15 #2,194
1931 17 17 #1,990
1930 16 16 #2,168
1929 30 30 #1,412
1928 18 18 #2,071
1927 17 17 #2,224
1926 15 15 #2,432
1925 9 9 #3,502
1924 14 14 #2,611
1923 12 12 #2,831
1922 8 8 #3,819
1918 6 6 #4,478
1917 5 5 #4,811
1916 10 10 #2,937
1915 8 8 #3,294
1914 5 5 #3,861
1912 5 5 #3,236
1908 5 5 #2,392