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The name Erica peaked for boys at #1220 in 1985. Erica is occasionally used for girls in 2025.

The name Erica is a girl's name of Italian, Scandinavian, Norse origin meaning "eternal ruler; heather".

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The straightforward Erica is a Norse feminization that was long associated with the complex, mega-popular character Erica Kane, played by Susan Lucci for decades on the soap opera All My Children. Used in Scandinavia since the early eighteenth century, where it was usually spelled Erika, it was in the Top 50 girls' list in the USA in the 1970s and eighties.
 It is worth noting that Erica is also a flower name, in which sense it is its own name, rather than a feminisation.
 The most prominent bearer of the name in recent times is novelist Erica Jong, author of the influential Fear of Flying.

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The name Erica is currently ranked #899 in U.S. births. and peaked for girls at #31 in 1987. It is currently rising in popularity. The name is most popular in ERICA, ERICA, and ERICA. Erica is occasionally used for boys in 2005.

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