Caprica — girls' name
27 babies named Caprica in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Caprica was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Caprica in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Caprica
The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Caprica between 1975 and 2016, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Caprica currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Caprica performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Caprica shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Caprica 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 27 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.
Caprica at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Caprica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1975
- Peak year (1975)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
27 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 6 births in a single year.
Caprica by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 16 births that decade — 59% of Caprica's all-time total
Caprica decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Caprica's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1975–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.