Meaning and history
Feminine form of Erik; in some languages, it also corresponds to the word for “heather.”
20062006: 1,431 births, rank #238
2007: 1,279 births, rank #265
2008: 1,017 births, rank #331
2009: 862 births, rank #374
2010: 728 births, rank #429
20112011: 548 births, rank #529
2012: 556 births, rank #539
2013: 460 births, rank #611
2014: 421 births, rank #675
2015: 391 births, rank #725
20162016: 383 births, rank #745
2017: 367 births, rank #758
2018: 299 births, rank #899
2019: 295 births, rank #903
2020: 248 births, rank #1,015
20212021: 224 births, rank #1,103
2022: 190 births, rank #1,259
2023: 239 births, rank #1,051
2024: 212 births, rank #1,140
20252025: 213 births, rank #1,109
Erika moved from #899 to #903 for girls between 2018 and 2019. Its highest annual birth count came in 1990, with 4,569 births.