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Ericka

Meaning: Eternal ruler
Origin: Variant of Erika (from Old Norse)

Girl's name · #2624 in the US (2025) · Retro

Popularity over time

Ericka reached #301 in 1971 and has faded to #2624 since. About 23,000 girls have carried it since 1945.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 3 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,079 in Ecuador (2025) · #3,166 in Canada (2024).

Famous Erickas

Ericka Bareigts — French politician
Ericka Lorenz — American water polo player (born 1981)
Ericka Huggins. — American activist
Ericka Dunlap — Miss America 2004
Ericka Hart — American sex educator, model, and professor

In stories & tradition

Ericka Van Helsing — Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (film)

What Erickas become

Among 53 notable people named Ericka:

Sports figures appear 2.02× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ericka Lorenz, American water polo player (born 1981).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Erika (#1109) and Erica (#1399), Ericka would rank around #659 with about 440 births last year — the newborns split about 49/36/15 across Erika, Erica, and Ericka.

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