Meaning of name Erica

The name Erica has the following meaning:

It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

As a baby girl name, Erica is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 154 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Erica fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 53 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 348 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Erica in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Erica is very likely a(n) Norse variant of the name Erika. See other suggested Norse girl baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Erika.

The following names are baby names related to Erica and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Erica: Boys - Denby, Girls - Karina, Nissa, Both genders - Dyre, Eric, Harold

The name Erica is a variant of Erika. Other popular variants of the name Erika are: Aerica, Africa, Airicka, Enrica (Scandinavian), Eraca, Erica (Norse), Ericka, Erickah, Erikaa, Errika, Erycka, Erykah

We think the name Erica should fall under the following style category: The 70's.

See other The 70's girl names

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Erica to be: A rich and high-classed and often very heavily made-up girl

In one word, you might describe Erica as a(n) "dressy" person.

See other "dressy" names for girls.