Girls' name · since 1977
Rickesha
Rickesha has 116 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1982 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,559 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 116
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rickesha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 116 recorded since 1977.
Social Security Administration records show Rickesha recorded 116 times among girls since 1977, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2000.
- #25,559 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 116 born since 1977
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rickesha ranks #25,559 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 116 born since 1977, peaking in the 1980s.
- #25,559 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 116
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rickesha's 116 recorded births place it above 64.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rickesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rickesha's full recorded timeline at 1989, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1982 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rickesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2000
- Peak year (1982)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Rickesha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (54 births, 47% of the file).
1980s was Rickesha's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Rickesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
54 births
- 1990s
1990s
47 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 54 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Rickesha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (54 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- 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 Rickesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~23 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, 1977–2000 (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 Rickesha 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.