Feminine dossier · first seen 1997

Erykah

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Erykah
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 93.9% from peak

Peak era

1997

Peak rank proxy

279

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1997Peak 19972024

Peak year

1997

Decline from peak

93.9%

2024

All-time

1,548

Erykah once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1997, when 279 girls were named Erykah.

In 2024, only 17 girls were given the name.

Down 93.9% from its peak.

All told, about 1,548 Americans have been named Erykah and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1997.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 93.9% from peak

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