Girls' name · since 1981
Ricole
Ricole has 37 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #38,609 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ricole sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 37 recorded since 1981.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ricole has been recorded 37 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 1994.
- #38,609 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 37 born since 1981
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ricole ranks #38,609 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 37 born since 1981, peaking in the 1990s.
- #38,609 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ricole's 37 recorded births place it above 46.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ricole's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ricole's SSA record in two at 1992 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1983, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1994 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ricole popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1994
- Peak year (1994)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Ricole by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (21 births, 57% of the file).
1990s was Ricole's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Ricole births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
16 births
- 1990s
1990s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 21 births (57% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ricole: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~13 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, 1981–1994 (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 Ricole 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.