Girls' name · since 1971
Ricquel
Ricquel has 134 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,986 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 134
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
134 girls have been named Ricquel since 1971, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ricquel has 134 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2006.
- #23,986 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 134 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ricquel ranks #23,986 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 134 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #23,986 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 134
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ricquel's 134 recorded births place it above 66.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ricquel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ricquel's full recorded timeline at 1993, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ricquel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2006
- Peak year (2000)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Ricquel by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (66 births, 49% of the file).
1990s was Ricquel's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Ricquel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 18
1970s
18 births
- 1980s 25
1980s
25 births
- 1990s
1990s
66 births
- 2000s 25
2000s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 66 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Ricquel's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (66 total births) through the 2000s (25) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ricquel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1971–2006 (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 Ricquel 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.