Girls' name · since 2001
Erilyn
Erilyn has 174 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,239 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,919 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 174
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
174 babies have been named Erilyn since 2001, making it today's #15919 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Erilyn has been recorded 174 times among girls since 2001, currently ranked #15919 nationally and more common than 8% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #21,239 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,919 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 174 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Erilyn ranks #21,239 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,919 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 174 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,239 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,919 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 174
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Erilyn's 174 recorded births place it above 70.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Erilyn compares
174 34th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Erilyn's all-time total is 54% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Erilyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 174 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Erilyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Erilyn splits its recorded history at 2013: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2004 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Erilyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Erilyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (89 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Erilyn's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Erilyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
56 births
- 2010s
2010s
89 births
- 2020s 29
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 89 births (51% of all-time use).
Erilyn by state
Where Erilyn concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.9% |
5 of 174 births nationwide.
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What to do with Erilyn's data
- Erilyn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (89 total births); usage has since declined to 29 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Erilyns (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Erilyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Erilyn 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.