Ricca — girls' name
72 babies named Ricca in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
72 girls have been named Ricca since 1975, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2007.
- 72
- total births
- 1975–2007
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
47% of everyone ever named Ricca was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Ricca in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ricca
The Social Security Administration has registered 72 babies named Ricca between 1975 and 2007, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ricca currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ricca performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ricca shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ricca 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 72 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.
Ricca at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ricca popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1975
- Peak year (1991)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
72 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 15 births in a single year.
Ricca by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 34 births that decade — 47% of Ricca's all-time total
Ricca decade highlights
- Peak decade 34 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Ricca's strongest decade
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% 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, 1975–2007 (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.