Boys' name · since 1976
Erique
Erique has 260 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,440 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 260
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Erique is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 260 have been recorded since 1976.
Erique has 260 recorded births among boys since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1976 to 2012.
- #11,440 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 260 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Erique ranks #11,440 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 260 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,440 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 260
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Erique's 260 recorded births place it above 74.81% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Erique's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Erique's SSA record in two at 1997 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1982, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Erique popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2012
- Peak year (1992)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Erique by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (128 births, 49% of the file).
1990s was Erique's strongest decade.
128 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Erique births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 42
1980s
42 births
- 1990s
1990s
128 births
- 2000s
2000s
79 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 128 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Erique's decade-level peak was the 1990s (128 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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 Erique: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1976–2012 (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 Erique 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.