Girls' name · since 1972
Richanda
Richanda has 58 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1986 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #33,337 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
58 girls have been named Richanda since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Richanda has been recorded 58 times among girls since 1972, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1993.
- #33,337 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 58 born since 1972
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Richanda ranks #33,337 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 58 born since 1972, peaking in the 1970s.
- #33,337 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Richanda's 58 recorded births place it above 53.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Richanda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Richanda splits its recorded history at 1985: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1986 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Richanda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1993
- Peak year (1986)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Richanda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (24 births, 41% of the file).
1970s was Richanda's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Richanda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
24 births
- 1980s
1980s
19 births
- 1990s
1990s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 24 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Richanda's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (24 total births) through the 1990s (15) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Richanda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1972–1993 (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 Richanda 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.