Girls' name · since 1984
Rickell
Rickell has 159 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,206 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 159
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
159 girls have been named Rickell since 1984, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rickell has been recorded 159 times among girls since 1984, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2014.
- #22,206 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 159 born since 1984
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rickell ranks #22,206 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 159 born since 1984, peaking in the 1990s.
- #22,206 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 159
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Rickell's 159 recorded births place it above 69.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rickell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rickell splits its recorded history at 1995: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rickell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2014
- Peak year (1992)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Rickell by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (85 births, 53% of the file).
1990s was Rickell's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Rickell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 33
1980s
33 births
- 1990s
1990s
85 births
- 2000s 24
2000s
24 births
- 2010s 17
2010s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 85 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Rickell's decade-level peak was the 1990s (85 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2010s -- 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 Rickell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1984–2014 (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 Rickell 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.