Girls' name · since 1976
Ricketta
Ricketta has 83 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,277 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 83
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ricketta is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 83 have been recorded since 1976.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ricketta has been recorded 83 times among girls since 1976, 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 1976 to 1994.
- #29,277 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 83 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ricketta ranks #29,277 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 83 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #29,277 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 83
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ricketta's 83 recorded births place it above 59.49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ricketta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ricketta's full recorded timeline at 1989, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ricketta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1994
- Peak year (1992)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Ricketta by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (41 births, 49% of the file).
1990s was Ricketta's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Ricketta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
37 births
- 1990s
1990s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 41 births (49% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ricketta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1976–1994 (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 Ricketta 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.