Erica

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Eric in US United States, FR France, GB United Kingdom and 5 more, Erika in MX Mexico, PE Peru, DE Germany and 5 more, Erik in SE Sweden, NL Netherlands, DK Denmark and 1 more and Эрик in RU Russia, FI Finland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Erica is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name138K records spelled Erica5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

  Also written E-Rica, Érica, Èrica, Êrica

• Finnish given name13K records spelled Erica6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Hungary, Sweden

  Languages: Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian

  Also written Érica

• Catalan given name5.3K records spelled Erica2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Andorra

  Also written Érica

• Vietnamese given name4.0K records spelled Erica3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Vietnam, Spain, United Kingdom

  Languages: Vietnamese, Khmer

  Also written Érica

• Korean given name2.5K records spelled Erica8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, South Korea, United Kingdom, Italy

  Also written Erika, 에리카, Érica, Erykah, Erìka

69 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Erica is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Feminine form of Eric. An alternative spelling is Ericka.

  as a name·Irish first names

• In English, A female given name from the Germanic languages or Old Norse.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, Féminin d’Éric, vieux norrois Eiríkr « puissant à jamais ».

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In English, Feminine form of Eric.

  as a name·Irish first names

• Soberana poderosa

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 105 years between 1909–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Erica Jongb. 1942USAmerican novelist, poet, memoirist, critic
• Erica Gimpelb. 1964USAmerican actress
• Erika Eleniakb. 1969USnot in their usual nameAmerican-Canadian actress of Estonian-Ukrainian descent (born 1969)
• Erykah Badub. 1971USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer-songwriter (born 1971)
• Erica McDermottb. 1973USAmerican actress
• Erica Leerhsenb. 1976USAmerican actress
• Erica Duranceb. 1978CACanadian actress
• Erica Cerrab. 1979CACanadian actress
• Erica Lindbeckb. 1992USAmerican voice actress (born 1992)
• Erica Beckb. 1992USAmerican actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,293 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Erica?

We estimate roughly 1.9 million people bear Erica (counting its spellings and scripts) across 15 countries in our records.

In which country does Erica have the most bearers?

Erica is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled erika.

Where is Erica most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Erica is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 35 people — even though Mexico holds more of our records for it.

How common is Erica compared with other names?

In Mexico, Erica is the 59th most common given name of 191,605 given names recorded there.

Is Erica a male or female name?

Erica is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Erica mean?

Recorded meaning: Latinate feminine form of pEric, coined towards the end of the 18th century.