Eryka — girls' name

What the Data Says About Eryka

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,171 babies named Eryka between 1970 and 2019, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Eryka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 79 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Eryka performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 445 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Eryka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 92 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Eryka in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Eryka 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 1,171 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.