Girls' name · since 1992
Ericah
Ericah has 84 recorded births since 1992 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,085 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 84
- born since 1992
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ericah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 84 recorded since 1992.
Ericah has 84 recorded births among girls since 1992, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2013.
- #29,085 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 84 born since 1992
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ericah ranks #29,085 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 84 born since 1992, peaking in the 1990s.
- #29,085 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 84
- born since 1992
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ericah's 84 recorded births place it above 59.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ericah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ericah's full recorded timeline at 2001, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1992, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ericah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2013
- Peak year (1994)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Ericah by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (41 births, 49% of the file).
1990s was Ericah's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Ericah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
41 births
- 2000s
2000s
30 births
- 2010s 13
2010s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 41 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Ericah's decade-level peak was the 1990s (41 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2010s -- 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 Ericah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1992–2013 (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 Ericah 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.