Arika — #3702 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Arika

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,434 babies named Arika between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arika currently holds the #3702 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 109 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arika performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 774 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Arika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 209 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Arika in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arika in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,434 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.