Girls' name · since 1969
Ereka
Ereka has 203 recorded births since 1969 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1971 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,653 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 203
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
203 girls have been named Ereka since 1969, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ereka has been recorded 203 times among girls since 1969, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2004.
- #19,653 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 203 born since 1969
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ereka ranks #19,653 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 203 born since 1969, peaking in the 1970s.
- #19,653 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 203
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ereka's 203 recorded births place it above 72.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ereka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ereka's SSA record in two at 1982 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1981, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1971 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ereka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2004
- Peak year (1971)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Ereka by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (95 births, 47% of the file).
1970s was Ereka's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Ereka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
95 births
- 1980s
1980s
61 births
- 1990s 34
1990s
34 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 95 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Ereka's decade-level peak was the 1970s (95 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ereka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1969–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ereka draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.