Girls' name · since 1968
Richa
Richa has 640 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,102 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 640
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Richa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 640 have been recorded since 1968.
Richa has 640 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2017.
- #10,102 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 640 born since 1968
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Richa ranks #10,102 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 640 born since 1968, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,102 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 640
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Richa's 640 recorded births place it above 86.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New Jersey.
Richa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Richa splits its recorded history at 1998: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 32 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Richa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2017
- Peak year (2007)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Richa by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (257 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Richa's strongest decade.
257 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Richa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 22
1970s
22 births
- 1980s 61
1980s
61 births
- 1990s
1990s
188 births
- 2000s
2000s
257 births
- 2010s
2010s
106 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 257 births (40% of all-time use).
How Richa 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 Richa's total volume
Richa by state
Where Richa concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 54 | 8.4% |
| #2 | California | | 47 | 7.3% |
54 of 640 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Richa's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (257 total births) through the 2010s (106) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New Jersey records the most Richas (54 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey names
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 Richa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1968–2017 (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 Richa 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.