Girls' name · since 1917
Reca
23 babies named Reca in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #44,328 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1917
- 1970s
- peak decade
Reca is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 23 have been recorded since 1917.
Reca has 23 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1986.
- #44,328 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 23 born since 1917
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Reca ranks #44,328 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 23 born since 1917, peaking in the 1970s.
- #44,328 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1917
- 1970s
- peak decade
Reca's 23 recorded births place it above 38.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Reca's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Reca splits its recorded history at 1971: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1917 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1971 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Reca popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1986
- Peak year (1971)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 70 years of records
Reca by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (7 births, 30% of the file).
1970s was Reca's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Reca births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 7 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Reca's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (7 total births) through the 1980s (6) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Reca: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~69 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, 1917–1986 (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 Reca 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.