Erykah — #6779 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Erykah

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,548 babies named Erykah between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Erykah currently holds the #6779 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 279 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Erykah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 685 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Erykah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 85 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Erykah in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Erykah 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 1,548 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.