Ericha — girls' name
258 babies named Ericha in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Ericha was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Ericha in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ericha
The Social Security Administration has registered 258 babies named Ericha between 1970 and 2003, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ericha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ericha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ericha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ericha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 258 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ericha at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ericha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1970
- Peak year (1988)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
258 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 15 births in a single year.
Ericha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 101 births that decade — 39% of Ericha's all-time total
Ericha decade highlights
- Peak decade 101 births
- Runner-up 97 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Ericha's strongest decade
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.