Girls' name · since 1966
Capricia
Capricia has 267 recorded births since 1966 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,943 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 267
- born since 1966
- 1970s
- peak decade
Capricia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 267 have been recorded since 1966.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Capricia has been recorded 267 times among girls since 1966, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 1997.
- #16,943 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 267 born since 1966
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Capricia ranks #16,943 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 267 born since 1966, peaking in the 1970s.
- #16,943 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 267
- born since 1966
- 1970s
- peak decade
Capricia's 267 recorded births place it above 76.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Capricia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Capricia's SSA record in two at 1982 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1966, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1991 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Capricia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1997
- Peak year (1991)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Capricia by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (94 births, 35% of the file).
1970s was Capricia's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Capricia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 27
1960s
27 births
- 1970s
1970s
94 births
- 1980s
1980s
79 births
- 1990s
1990s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 94 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Capricia's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (94 total births) through the 1990s (67) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Capricia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1966–1997 (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 Capricia 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.