Erika

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Eric in US United States, FR France, GB United Kingdom and 5 more, Erik in SE Sweden, NL Netherlands, DK Denmark and 1 more, Erica in BR Brazil, AR Argentina 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 11 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◐

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

• Hungarian given name1.0M records spelled Erika15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Hungary, Finland, United States, Slovenia

  Languages: Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Ērika, Ërïkä, Erïkä, Ëřïkä, Erikä

• a separate given name94K records spelled Erika6 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Érika, Ērika, Èrika, Ėrika, Êrika

• Catalan given name18K records spelled Erika2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Andorra

  Also written Érika

• Lithuanian given name7.1K records spelled Erika13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Lithuania, United States, United Kingdom, Latvia

  Languages: Lithuanian, Latvian

  Also written Erica, Ėrika, Ērika, Érica, Érika

• Korean given name2.1K records spelled Erika8 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Erica, 에리카, Érica, Erykah, Erìka

70 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●

Erika 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.

• 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 nordique/germanique d’Éric, « puissant à jamais ».

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In German, ) Erica: weibl. Vom., weibliche

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Finnish, a female given name from Old Norse, variant of Eerika or Eriika, masculine equivalent Erik, equivalent to English Erica

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

• In French, a female given name from the North Germanic languages, masculine equivalent Érik; variant form Érica

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

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) — 111 years between 1908–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Erika Mannb. 1905DEGerman actress and writer (1905-1969)
• E. L. Jamesb. 1963GBnot in their usual nameBritish writer
• Erika Eleniakb. 1969USAmerican-Canadian actress of Estonian-Ukrainian descent (born 1969)
• Erika Alexanderb. 1969USAmerican actress, writer, producer, entrepreneur, and activist (born 1969)
• Minna Haapkyläb. 1973FInot in their usual nameFinnish actress
• Erika Lustb. 1977SESwedish pornographic film director
• Erika Christensenb. 1982USAmerican actress
• Erika Sawajirib. 1986JPJapanese actress, singer and model
• Erika Todab. 1988JPJapanese actress (1988-)
• Erika Vikmanb. 1993FIFinnish singer and songwriter

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 · 1,479 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Erika?

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

In which country does Erika have the most bearers?

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

Where is Erika most common?

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

How common is Erika compared with other names?

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

Is Erika a male or female name?

Erika 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 Erika mean?

Recorded meaning: Japanese version of the English name (Erica.