Girls' name · since 1965
Arica
Arica has 2,376 recorded births since 1965 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1982 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,187 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 2,376
- born since 1965
- 1980s
- peak decade
Arica sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 2,376 recorded since 1965.
Arica has 2,376 recorded births among girls since 1965, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 2023.
- #4,187 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 2,376 born since 1965
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arica ranks #4,187 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 2,376 born since 1965, peaking in the 1980s.
- #4,187 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 2,376
- born since 1965
- 1980s
- peak decade
Arica's 2,376 recorded births place it above 94.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
18 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Michigan.
Arica's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Arica splits its recorded history at 1994: 30% of all births land in the more recent half, 70% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1966 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1982 peak of 95 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Arica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–2023
- Peak year (1982)
- 95
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Arica by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (799 births, 34% of the file).
1980s was Arica's strongest decade.
799 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Arica births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 28
1960s
28 births
- 1970s
1970s
513 births
- 1980s
1980s
799 births
- 1990s
1990s
632 births
- 2000s 294
2000s
294 births
- 2010s 78
2010s
78 births
- 2020s 32
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 799 births (34% of all-time use).
How Arica compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Arica's total volume
Arica by state
Where Arica concentrates geographically, total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 147 | 6.2% |
| #2 | California | | 131 | 5.5% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 126 | 5.3% |
| #4 | Texas | | 77 | 3.2% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 65 | 2.7% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 31 | 1.3% |
| #7 | New York | | 19 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Mississippi | | 17 | 0.7% |
147 of 2,376 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Arica appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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- Arica's decade-level peak was the 1980s (799 total births); usage has since declined to 32 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Michigan records the most Aricas (147 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Michigan names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arica: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~58 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1965–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Arica draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.