Girls' name · since 1972
Eryca
Eryca has 161 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,054 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 161
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
161 girls have been named Eryca since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Eryca has 161 recorded births among girls since 1972, 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 1972 to 2009.
- #22,054 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 161 born since 1972
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eryca ranks #22,054 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 161 born since 1972, peaking in the 1990s.
- #22,054 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 161
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Eryca's 161 recorded births place it above 69.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Eryca's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Eryca splits its recorded history at 1997: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1990 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Eryca popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2009
- Peak year (2000)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Eryca by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (69 births, 43% of the file).
1990s was Eryca's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Eryca births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 8
1970s
8 births
- 1980s 23
1980s
23 births
- 1990s
1990s
69 births
- 2000s
2000s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 69 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Eryca's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (69 total births) through the 2000s (61) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Eryca: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1972–2009 (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 Eryca 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.