Erykah
#5,258 most common girls' name of all time · #8,909 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1997–2025
Rank among girls
#5,258
Rank overall
#8,909 of 105,966
First appeared
1997
Years on the list
29 of 146
All-time
1,554
Since 2016
180
Peak year
1997 #758
Best rank
#758 1997
Girls
Boys
peak 279/yr
Erykah first appears in 1997. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,904 |
| 2024 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,812 |
| 2023 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,647 |
| 2022 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,589 |
| 2021 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,109 |
| 2020 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,932 |
| 2019 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,735 |
| 2018 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,968 |
| 2017 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,301 |
| 2016 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,929 |
| 2015 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,156 |
| 2014 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,376 |
| 2013 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,398 |
| 2012 | 28 | — | 28 | #5,078 |
| 2011 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,654 |
| 2010 | 35 | — | 35 | #4,289 |
| 2009 | 32 | — | 32 | #4,658 |
| 2008 | 41 | — | 41 | #3,929 |
| 2007 | 32 | — | 32 | #4,664 |
| 2006 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,801 |
| 2005 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,473 |
| 2004 | 41 | — | 41 | #3,627 |
| 2003 | 81 | — | 81 | #2,166 |
| 2002 | 54 | — | 54 | #2,818 |
| 2001 | 90 | — | 90 | #1,940 |
| 2000 | 106 | — | 106 | #1,673 |
| 1999 | 130 | — | 130 | #1,370 |
| 1998 | 276 | — | 276 | #781 |
| 1997 | 279 | — | 279 | #758 |