Girls' name · since 1973
Ricia
Ricia has 11 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #53,984 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
11 girls have been named Ricia since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ricia has 11 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1979.
- #53,984 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 11 born since 1973
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ricia ranks #53,984 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1973, peaking in the 1970s.
- #53,984 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ricia's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ricia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ricia's SSA record in two at 1979 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1979 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ricia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1979
- Peak year (1979)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Ricia by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (11 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Ricia's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Ricia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 11 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ricia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~6 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, 1973–1979 (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 Ricia 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.