How Many People Are Named Erykah?
people named Erykah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 222,516 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,554 babies named Erykah in Social Security records from 1997 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
ππ Very Rare
Peak Year
279 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of ERICA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Erykah in English. Counting Erykah and these spellings together, about 248,346 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Erykah in the records were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Erykah alive today is about 21 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 27 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Erykah first appears in the records in 1997 and was given most often in 1997, to 279 babies. In 2025, 6 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1997 to 2025
π Rank History
Erykah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #757, in 1997. In 2025 it ranked #13,728.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #13,728 |
| Best rank | #757 (1997) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,074 in the 1990s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Erykah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Erykah were born in California than in any other state: about 84 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Erykah was given 3 times as often in North Carolina, 2.5 times in Georgia and 2.2 times in Florida.
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