Rickisha — girls' name
48 babies named Rickisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
48 girls have been named Rickisha since 1978, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1999.
- 48
- total births
- 1978–1999
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 69%
- born in that decade
69% of everyone ever named Rickisha was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Rickisha in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rickisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Rickisha between 1978 and 1999, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rickisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rickisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rickisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rickisha 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 48 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.
Rickisha at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rickisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1978
- Peak year (1982)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
48 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 7 births in a single year.
Rickisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 33 births that decade — 69% of Rickisha's all-time total
Rickisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 33 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Rickisha's strongest decade
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% of all-time use.
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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, 1978–1999 (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.