Eriko — girls' name
78 babies named Eriko in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Eriko was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Eriko in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eriko
The Social Security Administration has registered 78 babies named Eriko between 1972 and 1998, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Eriko currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eriko performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Eriko shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Eriko in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eriko 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 78 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.
Eriko at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Eriko popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1972
- Peak year (1990)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
78 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 12 births in a single year.
Eriko by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 39 births that decade — 50% of Eriko's all-time total
Eriko decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Eriko's strongest decade
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Eriko by state
Where Eriko concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 9.0% |
7 of 78 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 9.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1972–1998 (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.