Erika is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning “eternal ruler.” In 2024 it was given to 211 girls in the United States.
Erika belongs to the Italian and Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “eternal ruler” — is the sense carried by its Italian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Erika first appears in Social Security records in 1908. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #73 in 1989, and in 2024 211 babies received the name — 125,442 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Erika means “eternal ruler” in its Italian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Erika is a girl name. In 2024, 211 babies received the name in the US.
Erika comes from the Italian and Scandinavian tradition.
Erika first appears in US records in 1908. Its best-ever ranking was #73 in 1989, and 211 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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