Erykah
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Erykah is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Erykah mean?
Germanic
A female given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Erica and Erika.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Erykah a girl's or a boy's name?
Erykah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Erykah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Erykah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Erykah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Erykah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Erykah, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1997, with 279 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had the fewest girls named Erykah since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Erykah in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Erykah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,886 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 31 | #4,567 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,179 |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,570 |
| 2008 | 41 | #3,858 |
| 2007 | 32 | #4,566 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,369 |
| 2004 | 41 | #3,562 |
| 2003 | 81 | #2,141 |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,776 |
| 2001 | 90 | #1,918 |
| 2000 | 106 | #1,656 |
| 1999 | 130 | #1,356 |
| 1998 | 276 | #779 |
| 1997 | 279 | #757 |
Names like Erykah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hannah, Amelie, Aaliyah, Emma, Emily, Ellie, Ella, Delilah, Niamh, Savannah, Nevaeh, Sienna
Names related to Erykah
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Freddie, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Erykah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/erykah, updated 20 October 2026.