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How popular is the name Erica?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ericas are alive today.
Erica (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 585th in 2025 with 67 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2019, when 144 babies were given the name, the 325th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2000, with 125 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2019; the 2025 figure is roughly 47% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. Erica is one spelling of a name also recorded as Erika; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Erica you are most likely to meet is around 10 years old. Half of all Ericas born in England and Wales are between 9 and 26, and there are at least 5,900 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 1.9% chance that at least one of them will be called Erica.
How many babies are named Erica each year?
Includes all spellings: Erica, Erika. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Erica spelling rank?
Where does the Erika spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Erica most popular?
Erica peaked in 2019, when 234 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Erica?
At least 5,900 people named Erica in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Erica?
Most living Ericas are between 9 and 26; the most common age is about 10.
Is Erica becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2019 peak.