Recorded 1979–2011 Girls' name Peak 1998 463 births

Rickia — girls' name

463 babies named Rickia in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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The verdict

463 girls have been named Rickia since 1979, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2011.

463
total births
1979–2011
years on record
1990s
peak decade
44%
born in that decade
1990s
Peak decade

44% of everyone ever named Rickia was born in this single decade.

1998
Single peak year

26 babies were named Rickia in 1998 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Rickia

The Social Security Administration has registered 463 babies named Rickia between 1979 and 2011, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rickia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rickia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 205 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Rickia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rickia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rickia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 463 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Rickia at a glance

Last recorded 2011

Total births

463

Since 1979

33 years of records

Peak year

1998

26 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2011

Active since

1979

Recorded for 33 years

Last year on file: 2011

Rickia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1979

Last recorded 2011
Peak year (1998)
26
Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
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Rickia by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
205 births that decade — 44% of Rickia's all-time total
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Rickia by state

Where Rickia concentrates geographically — total births since 1979

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Rickia
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Florida
13 2.8%
Florida share of Rickia's total US births 2.8%

13 of 463 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Rickia?
463 babies have been named Rickia since 1979. It was last recorded in 2011. The peak year was 1998 with 26 births.
When was Rickia most popular?
Rickia was most popular in the 1990s decade with 205 total births. The single peak year was 1998.
Where is Rickia most popular?
The top states for the name Rickia are Florida (13 births).
How long has the name Rickia been used?
Rickia has been recorded in Social Security data since 1979, spanning 33 years of data through 2011.
What names are similar to Rickia?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Richard, Richelle, Ricki, Ricky, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.