Girls' name · since 1970
Eryka
Eryka has 1,171 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,734 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,171
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
Eryka is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,171 have been recorded since 1970.
Eryka has 1,171 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2019.
- #6,734 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,171 born since 1970
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eryka ranks #6,734 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,171 born since 1970, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,734 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,171
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
Eryka's 1,171 recorded births place it above 90.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Eryka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Eryka splits its recorded history at 1997: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 79 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Eryka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2019
- Peak year (1998)
- 79
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Eryka by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (445 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Eryka's strongest decade.
445 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Eryka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 40
1970s
40 births
- 1980s 164
1980s
164 births
- 1990s
1990s
412 births
- 2000s
2000s
445 births
- 2010s 110
2010s
110 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 445 births (38% of all-time use).
How Eryka compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Eryka's total volume
Eryka by state
Where Eryka concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 92 | 7.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 65 | 5.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 25 | 2.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 16 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.4% |
92 of 1,171 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Eryka appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Eryka's data
- Eryka's decade-level peak was the 2000s (445 total births); usage has since declined to 110 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Erykas (92 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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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Eryka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1970–2019 (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 Eryka 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.