Rica — #15378 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Rica

The Social Security Administration has registered 525 babies named Rica between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rica currently holds the #15378 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rica performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 140 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Rica shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 38 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rica in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rica 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 525 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.