Girls' name · since 1986
Rifky
Rifky has 478 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,190 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,063 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 478
- born since 1986
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Rifky is the #9063 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 478 recorded since 1986.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rifky has been recorded 478 times among girls since 1986, currently ranked #9063 nationally and more common than 48% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.
- #12,190 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,063 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 478 born since 1986
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rifky ranks #12,190 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,063 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 478 born since 1986, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,190 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,063 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 478
- born since 1986
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rifky's 478 recorded births place it above 83.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Rifky compares
478 Top 46% higher than 54% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rifky's all-time total is 27% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rifky | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 478 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rifky's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rifky splits its recorded history at 2006: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rifky popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Rifky by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (147 births, 31% of the file).
2010s was Rifky's strongest decade.
147 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Rifky births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 34
1980s
34 births
- 1990s
1990s
97 births
- 2000s
2000s
142 births
- 2010s
2010s
147 births
- 2020s 58
2020s
58 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 147 births (31% of all-time use).
Rifky by state
Where Rifky concentrates geographically, total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 421 | 88.1% |
421 of 478 births nationwide.
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What to do with Rifky's data
- Rifky's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (147 total births) through the 2020s (58) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Rifkys (421 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rifky: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1986–2025 (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 Rifky 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.