Girls' name · since 1914
Rica
525 babies named Rica in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,491 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 525
- born since 1914
- 1980s
- peak decade
525 girls have been named Rica since 1914, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Rica has 525 recorded births among girls since 1914, 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 1914 to 2024.
- #11,491 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 525 born since 1914
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rica ranks #11,491 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 525 born since 1914, peaking in the 1980s.
- #11,491 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 525
- born since 1914
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rica's 525 recorded births place it above 84.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Rica's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rica splits its recorded history at 1982: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1922 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 33 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2024
- Peak year (1991)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Rica by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (140 births, 27% of the file).
1980s was Rica's strongest decade.
140 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Rica births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 8
1910s
8 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 39
1950s
39 births
- 1960s 31
1960s
31 births
- 1970s
1970s
122 births
- 1980s
1980s
140 births
- 1990s
1990s
126 births
- 2000s 33
2000s
33 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 140 births (27% of all-time use).
How Rica 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 Rica's total volume
Rica by state
Where Rica concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 38 | 7.2% |
38 of 525 births nationwide.
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What to do with Rica's data
- Rica's decade-level peak was the 1980s (140 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Ricas (38 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rica: 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 (~110 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, 1914–2024 (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 Rica 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.