Girls' name · since 1975
Ricca
Ricca has 72 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,842 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 72
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
72 girls have been named Ricca since 1975, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ricca has 72 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2007.
- #30,842 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 72 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ricca ranks #30,842 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 72 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #30,842 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 72
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ricca's 72 recorded births place it above 57.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ricca's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ricca's SSA record in two at 1988 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1991 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ricca popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2007
- Peak year (1991)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Ricca by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (34 births, 47% of the file).
1990s was Ricca's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Ricca births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
17 births
- 1980s
1980s
16 births
- 1990s
1990s
34 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 34 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Ricca's decade-level peak was the 1990s (34 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ricca: 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 (~32 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, 1975–2007 (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 Ricca 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.