Girl
Erika
Erika means "Feminine of Eric", according to etymological references. It peaked back in the 1980s and has been gradually easing since. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. It has quietly persisted through most of the last century of American birth records.
EtymologyFeminine of Eric
Old NorseOld Norse "ei" (ever) + "ríkr" (ruler) – "eternal ruler"
Also spelled: Erica
Births by decade
1900s
5
1910s
39
1920s
123
1930s
171
1940s
380
1950s
891
1960s
5,328
1970s
24,426
1980s
37,119
1990s
35,197
2000s
16,731
2010s
3,842
Peaked in the 1980s · 124,252 total U.S. births since 1900