Erykah
Erykah is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 17 births. Its best rank was 757th, in 1997.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 170.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1997279 births
- Best rank
- #757in 1997
- Since 1997
- 1,548people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,548 girls have been named Erykah in the United States since 1997, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1997, with 279 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 1990s alone account for 44%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1997, its biggest year
Erykah was the 757th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1997 were Emily, Jessica, Ashley, Sarah and Hannah. See all of 1997.
Names that rose and fell with Erykah
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Yamilexpeak 1996
- Jailenepeak 1999
- Nauticapeak 1999
- Shaniapeak 1996
- Daijapeak 1997
- Dejahpeak 1999
- Dajapeak 1996
- Odalispeak 1998
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.