Girls' name · since 1981
Rickeya
100 babies named Rickeya in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,148 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 100
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Rickeya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 100 have been recorded since 1981.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rickeya has been recorded 100 times among girls since 1981, 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 1981 to 2007.
- #27,148 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 100 born since 1981
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rickeya ranks #27,148 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 100 born since 1981, peaking in the 1990s.
- #27,148 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 100
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Rickeya's 100 recorded births place it above 62.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rickeya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rickeya's full recorded timeline at 1995, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rickeya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2007
- Peak year (1994)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Rickeya by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (66 births, 66% of the file).
1990s was Rickeya's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Rickeya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s
1990s
66 births
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 66 births (66% of all-time use).
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- Rickeya's decade-level peak was the 1990s (66 total births); usage has since declined to 18 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 Rickeya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
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, 1981–2007 (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 Rickeya 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.