Erika

Boy · recorded 1969–2004

  • 2004last recorded
  • 1989best year

Most popular in 1989.

Last recorded in 2004. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Erika.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1969

0112119691978198719952004

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 32 recorded years as a table
Erika, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19694
19703
19715
19725
19734
19749
197512
19766
19776
197810
197912
198015
198114
198212
198315
198417
19859
198618
198716
198813
198921
199012
199111
19928
199310
19946
19955
19964
19974
19985
20006
20044

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Erika isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2004
8
Rank in 2004
#8,143
How rare
1 in 248,122 boys
Since 1969
548

Erika was last recorded in 2004. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1989, at 21 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Erika doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.