Girls' name · since 1992
Rickayla
Rickayla has 173 recorded births since 1992 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,339 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 173
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rickayla sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 173 recorded since 1992.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rickayla has been recorded 173 times among girls since 1992, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2018.
- #21,339 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 173 born since 1992
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rickayla ranks #21,339 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 173 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,339 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 173
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rickayla's 173 recorded births place it above 70.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rickayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rickayla's full recorded timeline at 2007, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1992, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rickayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2018
- Peak year (1999)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Rickayla by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (85 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Rickayla's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Rickayla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
38 births
- 2000s
2000s
85 births
- 2010s
2010s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 85 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Rickayla's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (85 total births) through the 2010s (50) -- 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 Rickayla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1992–2018 (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 Rickayla 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.